Using his considerable skill as a storyteller, Walt Wangerin presents the entire Bible as a single epic story in this narrative, chronological novelization. Throughout he gives distinctive clarity to the meaning and emphases of the Bible Here is the story of the Bible from beginning to end as you've never read it before, retold with exciting detail and passionate energy by master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. The Book of God reads like a fine novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of this ancient book come alive in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, this award-winning best-seller follows the biblical story in chronological order. Priests and kings, apostles and prophets, common folk and charismatic leaders -- individual stories offer glimpses into an unfolding revelation that reaches across the centuries to touch us today. Table of Contents Part One The Ancestors 1. Abraham 2. Rebekah 3. Jacob 4. Joseph Part Two The Covenant 5. Moses 6. Sinai 7. The Children of Israel Part Three The Wars of the Lord 8. Joshua 9. Ehud 10. Deborah 11. Gideon 12. Jephthah 13. Samson 14. The Levite’s Concubine Part Four Kings 15. Saul 16. David 17. Solomon Part Five Prophets 18. The Man of God from Judah 19. Elijah 20. Amos, Hosea 21. Isaiah 22. Jeremiah Part Six Letters from Exile 23. Ahikam Utters a Curse 24. Ahikam Must Make a Decision 25. Ahikam in Jerusalem Part Seven The Yearning 26. My Messenger 27. Nehemiah 28. Ezra 29. The Yearning Part Eight The Messiah 30. Zechariah 31. Mary 428 32. John the Son of Zechariah 457 33. Andrew 471 34. Mary Magdalene 491 35. Simon Peter 516 36. Son of Father 535 37. To Jerusalem 548 38. Jesus 577 39. The New Covenant 605