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Biblical narratives have prompted detailed reflection for so many centuries because they offer profound insights into the nature of the human condition and human flourishing. This book brings together detailed examinations of narratives in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament to yield one large, emergent story, which has something to teach that can be missed when the stories are taken in isolation from one another.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I STORIES OF SUFFERING -- 1 The Story of Job: Suffering and the Second-Personal -- Introduction -- Job's Suffering -- Second-person Accounts and the Book of Job -- The Anchor Bible Interpretation of the Book of Job -- A Puzzle for the Anchor Bible Interpretation -- An Alternative Interpretation of the Divine Speeches -- Explanations for Suffering -- One More Puzzle -- Job's Response to the Divine Speeches -- A Broader Lens -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: Satan's Coming Among the Sons of God -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: God's Question about Job -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: Reprise and Reconsideration -- A Non-acerbic Remark about Patience -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: An Objection -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: Satan's Answer to God's Question about Job -- The First Episode of the Framing Story: Trust in Goodness -- The End of the First Episode of the Framing Story: Job's Steadfastness -- The Second Episode of the Framing Story: Satan's Coming among the Sons of God -- The Second Episode of the Framing Story: God's Question about Job -- The Second Episode of the Framing Story: Satan's Answer to God's Question about Job -- The Second Episode of the Framing Story: The Effect of Job's Suffering -- The Nested Stories: The Fractal Nature of the Book of Job -- Extrapolations and Suggestions -- The Doubling of Explanation -- Conclusion -- 2 The Story of Samson: Self-Destroying Evil -- Introduction -- Another Version of the Problem of Suffering -- Milton and Samson -- Samson in Captivity -- Samson's Relationship to God -- Abandoned for Cause -- Samson and Delilah -- Milton's Interpretation of Samson's Fault -- Samson's Exploits -- The Sixth Episode: Samson's Revelation to Delilah.
Samson's Culpability for his Revelation to Delilah -- Love and Closeness -- The End of the Story -- Reflection on Samson at the End of the Story -- Gloriousness -- Conclusion -- 3 The Story of Abraham: The Desires of the Heart -- Introduction -- Kierkegaard's Interpretation: Caveats -- Kierkegaard's Interpretation: Abraham's Binding of Isaac -- Abraham's Offspring -- Promises -- The First Divine Promise -- The Fourth Divine Promise -- Abraham's Request for Confirmation: A Perplexity -- Developing Trust -- Abraham's First Child: Ishmael -- Hagar's Pregnancy: A Perplexity -- Hagar's Return to Sarah: Another Perplexity -- The Fifth Divine Promise: Abraham's Second Son -- Abraham's Double-mindedness and Desire for Descendants: The Sons of Keturah -- The Sixth Divine Speech: Sodom and Gomorrah -- The Seventh Divine Promise: Hagar and Ishmael -- The Seventh Divine Promise: God's Concurring with Sarah -- The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael -- The Indiscernibility of Mixed Motives -- God's Command to Sacrifice Isaac -- Abraham's Silence -- Isaac and Ishmael -- The Options for Abraham -- The Testing of Abraham -- Abraham's Silence Revisited -- Abraham's Response to God's Testing -- Abraham as the Father of Faith -- Faith and the Goodness of God -- Faith and the Problem of Suffering -- Conclusion -- 4 The Story of Mary of Bethany: Heartbrokenness and Shame -- Introduction -- A Problem and an Irenic Solution -- The Raising of Lazarus -- The Anchor Bible Interpretation of the Narrative -- The Dramatis Personae -- The Plan of Jesus -- The Nature of Glory and the Glory of God -- Glory and the Plan -- A Puzzle -- Two Worries, a Response, and a Workaround -- The Sisters' Message -- Jesus and Martha -- Jesus and Mary -- The Reaction of Jesus -- The Events at the Tomb -- The Resolution of the Drama -- The End of this Story of Mary of Bethany.
Another Story of Anointing -- The Dinner Party -- The Giving and Receiving of Anointing -- Healing Shame -- A Stereoscopic View -- Conclusion -- PART II SUFFERING AND SALVATION -- 5 The Temptations of Christ -- Introduction -- The Temptations of Christ: A Rough Summary -- The Temptations of Christ: What Satan Wants -- The Point of the Temptations -- The First Temptation -- The Second Temptation -- The Third Temptation -- (i) Its Odd Character -- (ii) Satan's Line -- (iii) What Christ Rejects in the Third Temptation and What Christ Accepts Later in the Gospel Stories -- (iv) Why Satan Cares About This Temptation -- (v) Christ's Rejection of the Third Temptation -- The End of the Temptations -- The Garden of Gethsemane -- A Brief Look at Related Stories -- One Last Reflection -- Summing Up -- PART III SUFFERING AND THE LOVE OF GOD -- 6 The Love of God and Its Story -- Introduction -- Preliminary Points about the Story of Christ's Passion -- The Story -- APPENDIX -- The Identification of a Story about Christ's Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension -- PART IV SUFFERING AND JOY -- 7 Suffering and Flourishing: Ecclesiastes -- Introduction -- Ecclesiastes: The Character of the Book and the Narrator of the Story -- Ecclesiastes: An Overview -- Ecclesiastes: The Object of the Quest -- Vanity of Vanities: The Start of the Story -- Vanity of Vanities: The Next Steps in the Story -- The End of the Story -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- Conclusion -- PART V AFTERWARD -- 8 A Final Reflection: The Mirror of Evil -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Grains of Wheat Bibliography -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.