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Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction Notes on Terminology Timetable of Biblical History Part I: Myths of the Beginning

Myths of the Beginning: An Overview 1. In the beginning everything was without form and void 2. God initiated Creation with a spoken word 3. Creation began with the appearance of light 4. God separated light from darkness on the first day 5. A firmament arose out of the primeval waters 6. God called the firmament “heaven.” 7. God gathered the waters in one place 8. Vegetation appeared before the sun 9. God created the heavenly bodies 10. Birds emerged from the primeval waters 11. God created man and woman in his own image 12. God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day 13. God gave man dominion over the creatures 14. God created earth on the third day 15. God rested on the seventh day 16. God rested after the Creation 17. The heavens and the earth had children 18. Adam and Eve were the first humans 19. God formed Adam from the dust of the earth 20. God planted a Tree of Life and a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil 21. Adam would die if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge 22. God forbid Adam to eat certain fruit 23. Eve came from Adam’s rib 24. Adam gained wisdom without immortality 25. There were other beings in the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve 26. God planted a garden eastward in Eden 27. Adam and Eve lived a simple primitive lifestyle while in the Garden of Eden 28. The serpent was more subtle than any beast 29. God punished Adam, Eve, and the serpent 30. Cain killed Abel 31. Cain built a city east of Eden 32. God sent a flood to destroy mankind 33. Ham was the father of Canaan 34. Noah released birds to determine if the land had dried 35. The flood occurred in the tenth generation of humanity 36. All earthly life had become wicked and had to be destroyed 37. The sons of God married the daughters of man 38. Noah saved only two of each species 39. The rain lasted forty days and forty nights 40. The flood covered the entire earth and all the mountains 41. After the flood, Noah sacrificed all the clean animals 42. All living creatures not on the ark perished 43. God confused the common language of humanity and scattered the people about the world 44. The Ark landed on the mountains of Ararat 45. The sons of Noah formed the nations of the world. 46. Nimrod conquered Babylon 47.The Sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan

Part II: Myths of the Founders

Myths of the Founders: An Overview 48. Abraham came from Ur of the Chaldees 49. Abraham left Egypt to go to Canaan 50. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah 51. Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt 52. Lot fathered Ammon and Moab 53. Abraham pretended that Sarah was his sister 54. Jacob and Esau fought in the womb 55. Jacob cheated Esau out of his birthright 56. Jacob dreamed about a ladder to heaven 57. Jacob wrestled with a stranger 58. God changed Jacob’s name to Israel 59. Esau is Edom 60. Jacob buried Rachel in Bethlehem 61. The prince of Shechem raped Dinah 62. Abraham named his son “He Laughed.” 63. Jacob’s sons became the Twelve Tribes of Israel 64. Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son 65. Jacob disqualified Simeon and Levi from leadership 66. Jacob awarded the sceptre to Judah 67. Benjamin was born in Canaan 68. Dan was an Israelite tribe 69. Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors 70. Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery 71. Potipher’s wife tried to seduce Joseph

Part III: Myths of the Heroes

Myths of the Heroes: An Overview 72. Egypt enslaved Israel for four hundred years 73. Jochebed placed the infant Moses in an ark 74. Pharaoh’s daughter gave Moses a Hebrew name 75. God sent ten plagues against Egypt 76. Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea 77. Aaron fashioned a golden calf 78. Moses gave Israel the Ten Commandments 79.The Ark of the Covenant contained the Ten Commandments 80. Moses defeated King Sihon of Heshbon 81. God denied Moses entry into Canaan because he sinned against the Lord 82. Joshua parted the Jordan 83. Joshua tumbled the walls of Jericho 84. Rahab aided the Israelite spies 85. Joshua ruined Ai 86. The sun stood still upon Gibeon 87. Joshua captured Jerusalem 88. Joshua fought King Jabin of Hazor 89. Joshua conquered Canaan 90. Joshua led Israel after the death of Moses 91. Shamgar was the son of Anath 92. Deborah rallied Israel against the Canaanites 93. Samson judged Israel for twenty years 94. Samson pulled down a Philistine temple 95. Micah stole silver from his mother 96. David killed Goliath 97. King Saul committed suicide 98. The House of Judah fought the House of Saul at Gibeon 99. Solomon did not impose forced labor on Israel 100. Daniel predicted the future 101. Queen Esther saved the Jews of Persia

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