One Hour Bible
From Adam to Apocalypse in sixty minutes
One Hour Bible
From Adam to Apocalypse in sixty minutes
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281079643
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 16/08/2018
Width: 11.1 cm
Height: 17.8 cm
Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit, Jacob and the stairway to heaven, Joseph and his brothers, Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, the miracles and teachings of Jesus, St Paul's vision on the road to Damascus, St John's vision of the new Jerusalem: the Bible is full of dramatic stories that have made it the world's bestselling book, and yet few people ever get around to reading it from cover to cover.
Now, with The One Hour Bible, readers of all ages can discover its riches and gain a birds-eye view of the entire sweep of the Bible's epic story - in just sixty minutes.
Foreword
Editor's introduction
PART ONE: SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Prologue: In the beginning
1. From Eden to Babel
2. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
3. Joseph in Egypt
4. Moses and the Exodus
5. Israel in the wilderness
6. The Promised Land
7. Samson and Delilah
8. The story of Ruth
9. Samuel, Saul and David
10. Solomon the sage
11. Elijah the prophet
12. The story of Jonah
13. Exile and return
Epilogue: A prophecy
PART TWO: SCENES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
Prologue:In the beginning
14. Jesus is born
15. The healer
16. The teacher
17. The sacrifice
18 .Acts of the apostles
Epilogue: A vision
Further reading
Timeline and index
"This book is a brilliant and inventive taster. It introduces the reader to the actual words of scripture: no paraphrases, no 'stories of', just the revealed words of God so arranged as to give a hint of the wonder of the Bible in its full dimensions.', Sister Wendy Beckett
