The Story Bible

xi, 526 pp. The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist retells stories from the Bible in modern language. CONTENTS: Foreword; The Creation of the World; The Garden of Eden; Cain and Abel: The First Murder; Noah and the Flood; The Tower of Babel; The Journey of Abram and Lot; The Capture of Lot; God's Promise to Abram; The Visit of the Strangers; The Fate of Sodom; The Sons of Abraham (The Story of Hagar and Ishmael); The Sacrifice of Isaac; Rebekah at the Well; Esau Loses His Birthright; Jacob Tricks His Father; Jacob's Ladder; Rachel and Leah; Jacob and Laban; The Meeting of Jacob and Esau; The Coat of Many Colors; Joseph a Captive in Egypt; Joseph's Brothers Bow; Joseph's Family in Egypt; Moses in the Bulrushes; The Burning Bush; "Let My People Go"; The Night of Passover; Into the Wilderness; The Ten Commandments; The Cloud Moves on from Sinai; Land of Milk and Honey; Joshua Fights the Battle of Jericho; Gideon's Three Hundred; Samson and Delilah; The Story of Ruth; Samuel the Kingmaker; David the Shepherd Boy; David and Goliath; The Enmity of Saul; The Triumph and Tragedy of David; The Wisdom of Solomon; The Division of the Kingdom; Elijah and the Prophets of Baal; Elijah and Elisha; The Story of Jonah; By the Rivers of Babylon; Daniel; The Homecoming of the Jews; God's Promise to Israel; The Angel Gabriel; The Birth of Jesus; John the Baptist; Jesus in the Wilderness; The Beginning of the Mission; Jesus in Galilee; The Miracles of Jesus; The Sermon on the Mount; Jesus and John the Baptist; Parables and Miracles in Galilee; The Feeding of the Multitude; Disputes in the Temple; The Gathering Storm; The Raising of Lazarus; The Way to the Cross; Last Hours in the Temple; The Last Supper; The Betrayal; The Trial; The Crucifixion; He Is Risen!; Jesus Ascends into Heaven.