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Part One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11. Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order
The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I)
The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II)
Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization
Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood
Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant
Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons
Babel: the failures of civilization.
Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50. Abraham (Genesis 12-25)
Educating the fathers: Father Abraham
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy
Isaac (Genesis 25-28)
Inheriting the way: from father to son
The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch
Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd
Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God
Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel
The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50)
The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership
Joseph the Egyptian
Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition
Israel in Egypt: the way not taken
Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.
The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I)
The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II)
Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization
Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood
Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant
Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons
Babel: the failures of civilization.
Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50. Abraham (Genesis 12-25)
Educating the fathers: Father Abraham
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy
Isaac (Genesis 25-28)
Inheriting the way: from father to son
The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch
Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd
Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God
Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel
The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50)
The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership
Joseph the Egyptian
Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition
Israel in Egypt: the way not taken
Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.