Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creation and crisis: Who am I and what is wrong? -- Covenant: God makes a promise and establishes a people -- Calling out: "I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt -- Commandments: Terms for living in the Promised Land with God in their midst -- Conquest and Canaanization: Good News and bad news -- Creation of the Kingdom: Nobodies and Somebodies -- Communication and common sense: Worship and other ways to live wisely -- Crumbling of the Kingdom: The Prophets and the End of Israel and Judah -- Captivity and Coming home: Surviving the Exile and returning to the land -- Interlude: Time between the Testaments -- Christ: Jesus enters our world -- Jesus' message -- Jesus' Journey to Jerusalem -- Jesus Dies on the Cross -- Jesus is raised from the Dead -- Church: The coming of the Spirit -- In Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria -- The mission to the gentiles -- The Gospel spreads from Jerusalem to Rome -- Consummation: The happy ending to the Great Story