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Tables of Contents for The Bible As/in Literature
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
Stories from the Beginning
Creation: Heaven and Earth
3
4
Genesis
Creation: In the Garden
7
3
Genesis
The Creation
10
3
James Weldon Johnson
Heaven and Earth in Jest
13
5
Annie Dillard
Forbidden Fruit
18
4
Genesis
Original Sequence
22
2
Philip Booth
Eden is that old-fashioned House
24
5
Emily Dickinson
Extracts from Adam's Diary
29
7
Mark Twain
New World
36
2
Derek Walcott
The First Murder
38
3
Genesis
Cain
41
16
Howard Nemerov
The Great Flood
57
9
Genesis
Noah's Prayer
66
1
Carmen Bernos de Gatztold
Rumer Godden
Noah
67
1
David Ignatow
Babel: The City and the Tower
68
3
Genesis
Ancestors of Israel
Abraham: A Promise, a Test
71
7
Genesis
Sarah
78
1
Delmore Schwartz
The Parable of the Old Men and the Young
79
1
Wilfred Owen
The Father
80
4
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Rasmus B. Anderson
Jacob: In Pursuit of Blessing
84
7
Genesis
The Jacob's Ladder
91
1
Denise Levertov
Joseph: Favored and Cast Down
92
5
Genesis
Joseph: His Brothers' Keeper
97
12
Genesis
From Slavery to Freedom
Moses: The Calling of a Leader
109
6
Exodus
Go Down, Moses
115
1
Spiritual
Challenging Pharaoh
116
8
Exodus
Moses
124
1
Lucille Clifton
Runagate Runagate
125
3
Robert Hayden
In the Wilderness
128
14
Exodus
Deuteronomy
The Latest Decalogue
142
1
Arthur Hugh Clough
The Murder of Moses
143
3
Karl Shapiro
from The Tables of the Law
146
7
Thomas Mann
H. T. Lowe-Porter
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
153
2
Spiritual
Israel's Youthful Days
Deborah and Jael: Victory for Israel
155
5
Judges
Sisera
160
1
Muriel Spark
The Story of Samson
161
8
Judges
How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza
169
3
Vachel Lindsay
The Story of Ruth
172
7
Ruth
Women
179
2
Louise Bogan
Anointed Kings
Saul: The Mighty Are Fallen
181
8
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
The Death of Kings
189
1
William Shakespeare
David: Young Champion of Israel
190
6
2 Samuel
After Goliath
196
6
Kingsley Amis
David and Bathsheba
202
4
2 Samuel
The Rebellion of Absalom
206
5
2 Samuel
God's Prophets
Elijah: The Only One Left
211
9
1 Kings
Amos: Let Justice Roll Down
220
5
Amos
Prophets for a New Day
225
3
Margaret Walker
Jonah: A Reluctant Prophet
228
5
Jonah
Jonah
233
2
Enrique Lihn
Miller Williams
It Should Happen to a Dog
235
12
Wolf Mankowitz
Varieties of Biblical Poetry
A Song of Trust
247
1
Psalms
A Song of Zion
248
2
Psalms
i thank You God
250
1
E. E. Cummings
Songs of Lament
251
3
Lamentations
Psalms
A Song of Comfort
254
3
Isaiah
Sayings of the Wise
257
4
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
A Time for Everything
261
2
Ecclesiastes
A Song of Love / Song of Solomon
263
2
A Hymn to Love
265
4
1 Corinthians
Why Do the Righteous Suffer?
The Story of Job
269
15
Job
from A Masque of Reason
284
2
Robert Frost
The Prologue in Heaven
286
5
H. G. Wells
Job
291
2
Elizabeth Sewell
from J. B.
293
9
Archibald MacLeish
New Hampshire, February
302
3
Richard Eberhart
In the Midst of the Enemy
The Victory of Judith
305
8
Judith
The Rescue of Susanna
313
5
Daniel
The Fiery Furnace
318
4
Daniel
Belshazzar's Feast
322
3
Daniel
In a Den of Lions
325
8
Daniel
Esther
333
8
Esther
Jesus: Birth and Early Ministry
Where Is He Who Has Been Born King?
341
6
Luke
Matthew
Journey of the Magi
347
2
T. S. Eliot
Nativity
349
2
Aquah Laluah
To Jesus on His Birthday
351
1
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Some say that ever `gainst that season comes
352
1
William Shakespeare
Is This Not the Carpenter?
353
8
Mark
John
The Jesus Infection
361
2
Maxine Kumin
from A Life of Jesus
363
12
Shusaku Endo
Jesus: Teachings, Death, and Resurrection
The Sermon on the Mount
375
5
Matthew
In Place of a Curse
380
1
John Ciardi
Parables
381
6
Luke
Matthew
The Prodigal Son
387
1
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Last Days in Jerusalem
388
9
Luke
Mark
Matthew
Saint Judas
397
1
James Wright
Ben Tobit
398
5
Leonid Andreyev
The Making of the Cross
403
6
Brother Antoninus
Simon the Cyrenian Speaks
409
1
Countee Cullen
from Barabbas
410
6
Par Lagerkvist
Alan Blair
The Tomb Is Empty
416
5
Luke
In the End of Days
The Earth Is Broken
421
2
Isaiah
Marvelous Visions
423
3
Revelation
Daniel
Scenes from the Final Judgment
426
3
Revelation
A New Heaven, a New Earth
429
4
Revelation
Isaiah
Epistle to Be Left in the Earth
433
2
Archibald MacLeish
The Masque of the Red Death
435
7
Edgar Allan Poe
Rise and Shine
442
2
Richmond Lattimore
Appendix
A Brief History of the Bible
444
4
Timeline of Bible Events
448
2
Maps
450
3
A Sampler of Bible Translations
453
3
Handbook of Bible Stories and Biblical Expressions
456
11
Acknowledgments
467
2
Pronunciation Key
469
1
Index
470