Table of Contents
Introduction 
List of Contributors
Part One: Prolegomena 
Hermeneutics
1. Visual Exegesis: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Julia Lambert Fogg)
2. Guernica and the Art of Biblical Hermeneutics (Daniel E. Goodman)
3. Interpretation and Interrogation (Patrick Gray)
4. Poetry and Exegesis (Jaime Clark-Soles)
5. Red Riding Hood and the Bible (Roy L. Heller)
6. Teaching Hermeneutics through Creative Communal Praxis (Carolyn J. Sharp)
7. Reading Inkblots (Mark Roncace)
8. Ancient Texts and Artifacts (Brent A. Strawn)
9. The Social Location of the Reader (F. V. Greifenhagen)
10. Social Location and Biblical Interpretation (Francisco Lozada, Jr.)
11. Genre: Interpretation, Recognition, Creation (Brent A. Strawn)
12. Simone Weil and Biblical Studies Courses (Jaime Clark-Soles)
Methodologies
13. Teaching Biblical Interpretation Methodologies (Frank M. Yamada)
14. Critical Methods: Historical Criticism (Brad E. Kelle)
15. Tom Lehrer and Historical Criticism (Donald C. Polaski)
16. Working with Primary Source Documents (Nicola Denzey)
17. Historical Memory and Biblical Narrative (Mary F. Foskett)
18. Source Criticism and Eye-Witness Accounts (Christine Shepardson)
19. Introducing Textual Criticism (Patrick Gray)
20. Textual Criticism (Karoline Lewis)
21. Text Criticism and Translations (Elna K. Solvang)
22. Text Criticism with David and Goliath (F. V. Greifenhagen)
23. Colorful Semiotics (Sara Koenig)
24. Poetry and History (Brent A. Strawn)
25. The Narrative Analysis of Episodes (David Rhoads)
Approaches and Resources 
26. Introducing the "Introduction to Biblical Literature" Course (Michael Barram)
27. Introductory Exercise: Bone, Stone, Bible, Flag (Nicola Denzey)
28. Introductory Site Visit: Finding Scripture in Stone (Nicola Denzey)
29. The Counterfactual Essay (Michael Philip Penn)
30. Taking a Stand (Michael Philip Penn)
31. Short Stories as Exegetical Tools (Jaime Clark-Soles)
32. Palestinian Geography (Scott Shauf)
33. Archaeology of the Bible (Ronald A. Simkins)
34. An Approach to a "Bible and Film" Course (Mary E. Shields)
35. Canon Formation (Bryan Whitfield)
36. Visual Art as a Teaching Tool (Ira Brent Driggers)
37. The Educative Power of the Rhetoric of Biblical Stories (Heather A. McKay)
38. The Bible, Slavery, and American Culture (Kyle Keefer)
Part Two: The Hebrew Bible
Torah
39. Genesis 1 and Ancient Cosmology (Joseph F. Scrivner)
40. Genesis 1:1-3: Translation and Interpretation (F. V. Greifenhagen)
41. Introducing the Documentary Hypothesis Using Genesis 1-2 (Julie Galambush)
42. Two Creation Stories?: Drawing the Israelite Cosmos (Michael R. Cosby)	
43. Teaching the Creation Stories in Genesis (Glenna S. Jackson)
44. The Human Condition in Genesis 2-3 and in Blade Runner (Tod Linafelt)
45. Cain and Abel: Intercanonical, Midrashic, and Artistic Comparison (F. V. 	Greifenhagen) 
46. The Flood as Jigsaw Puzzle: Introducing Source Criticism (Donald C. Polaski)
47. The Three Worlds of the Bible: The Tower of Babel (F. V. Greifenhagen)
48. Genesis 1-11 as Myth (Emily R. Cheney)
49. Traditional Tales (Gen 12:10-20; 20:1-8; 26:6-11) (Ronald A. Simkins)
50. Reading Hagar (Todd Penner)
51. The Importance of Social Location: A Study Guide on Sarah and Hagar (Mary E. 	Shields) 
52. Kinship in Genesis 16 and 21 and Numbers 27 and 36 (Ronald A. Simkins)
53. Sodom and Gomorrah: An Exegetical Exercise (Kyle Keefer) 
54. Hospitality in Genesis 18:1-15 and 19:1-11 (Ronald A. Simkins)
55. Lot's Wife: Bringing Minor Biblical Characters Out of the Shadows (F. V. 	Greifenhagen)
56. Abraham and His Son: Using the Qur'an in the Biblical Studies Classroom (John 	Kaltner)
57. Genesis 22: When the Meaning is Not Moral (Roger Newell)
58. Genesis 22: Artists' Renderings (Sandie Gravett)
59. The Near-Sacrifice of Isaac (James K. Mead)
60. Limited Good in Genesis 23 (Ronald A. Simkins)
61. Jacob: Saint or Sinner? (Michael Barram)
62. Some Striking Textual Parallels in Genesis 34 and 2 Samuel 13 (Nicolae Roddy)
63. Honor and Shame in Genesis 34 and 1 Samuel 25 (Ronald A. Simkins)
64. Genesis and The Red Tent (Michael Barram)
65. Debating Joseph's Character (Karla G. Bohmbach)
66. Exodus from Egypt: Universal Story of Freedom? (F. V. Greifenhagen)
67. Israelite and/or Egyptian? Ethnic Identity in Exodus (F. V. Greifenhagen)
68. Israelite or Egyptian? (Susanne Hofstra)
69. Exodus 1:1-5: Explaining Variation in Small Details (F. V. Greifenhagen)
70. The Historicity of the Exodus: What's at Stake? (Julie Galambush)
71. Multiple Perspectives on Exodus 15 (Mark Roncace)
72. Acting Out Exodus 19-20 (Elna K. Solvang)
73. The Fourth Commandment and Etiologies (Mark Roncace)
74. The Development of Israelite Law (J. Bradley Chance)
75. The Relevance of the Laws (Mark Roncace)
76. "Does Tithing Make any Sense?": Exploring the Relevance of Law Codes (Michael R. Cosby)
77. "Decoding" Laws Still on the Books of Moses (Ryan Byrne)
78. Why Leviticus is the Most Important Book in the Bible (Tod Linafelt)
79. Holiness as an Unknown Culture (Donald C. Polaski)
80. Remembering Deuteronomy (Brad E. Kelle)
81. Learning About the Laws of Kashrut and Kosher Food (Heather A. McKay)
82. Teaching the Documentary Hypothesis to Skeptical Students (William L. Lyons) 
83. The Documentary Hypothesis and Sampling (Guy D. Nave, Jr.)
84. The Authorship of the Pentateuch (T. Perry Hildreth)
Prophets
85. The Conquest of Canaan (Nicolae Roddy)
86. The Book of Joshua and Issues of War and Peace (Leonard Greenspoon)
87. The Book of Joshua and Popular Culture (Leonard Greenspoon) 
88. The Book of Joshua and Bible Translation (Leonard Greenspoon)
89. The Book of Joshua and Jewish Exegetical Traditions (Leonard Greenspoon)
90. A Short Story of the Judges (Mark Roncace)
91. Ehud and Eglon: Dramatization (F. V. Greifenhagen)
92. The United Monarchy (Samuel and Kings) (Brad E. Kelle)
93. Who Decides What's in the Bible? The Case of 1 Samuel 11 (Megan Bishop Moore)
94. Apology of David (Ronald A. Simkins)
95. David's Rise to Power (Sandie Gravett)
96. David at the Movies (Michael R. Cosby)
97. David and Goliath (1 Samuel 16-17): The Ideology of Biblical Popular Culture 	(Roland Boer)
98. David and Bathsheba: A Case of Mis-Sent Power (F. Scott Spencer)
99. A Controversial King (Nicolae Roddy)
100. Patronage in 1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 8 (Ronald A. Simkins)
101. The Siege of Jerusalem: Both Sides of the Story (Nicolae Roddy)
102. What is a Prophet? (Rolf Jacobson)
103. The Prophets and Two Good Doctors (Brent A. Strawn)
104. On Becoming Prophets (John R. Levison)
105. Prophetic Call Narratives (Brad E. Kelle)
106. M&Ms, Play-doh, Plumb Bobs, How You Got Your Name-and Prophets (Rolf 	Jacobson)
107. Modern Poetry and Prophetic Form Criticism (Roy L. Heller)
108. Victims' Testimonies and Prophetic Literature (Ron Clark)
109. Introducing the Book of Isaiah (Brad E. Kelle)
110. Isaiah and Bob Dylan on the Watchtower (Mark McEntire)
111. Second Isaiah and the Exilic Imagination (Brent A. Strawn)
112. The Depiction of Jeremiah (Mark Roncace)
113. Diagnosing Ezekiel (Johanna Stiebert)
114. Ezekiel's Inaugural Vision (Johanna Stiebert)
115. The Abusive God (L. Juliana M. Claassens)
116. Hosea Meets Hank Williams (Donald C. Polaski)
117. Amos and "Economic Justice for All" (Michael Barram)
118. Preaching Amos: The Rhetoric of Amos 1:3-2:16 (Frank M. Yamada)
119. Jonah and a New Pair of Glasses: An Introduction to Hermeneutics and Humility 	(John R. Levison)
120. Jonah: How the Bible Tells a Great Story (Megan Bishop Moore)
121. "Go straight to Sheol!": A Discovery Exercise on Sheol Using Jonah 2 (Michael R. 	Cosby)
122. The Many Voices of Prophecy (Micah 6) (D. Matthew Stith)
123. Tithing in Malachi 3 (Joseph F. Scrivner)
Writings
124. Creative Writing and Interpreting Biblical Poetry (Rolf Jacobson)
125. Searching Through the Psalms (Mark McEntire)
126. Imagery and the Psalms (Rolf Jacobson)
127. Psalm 13 and Psalms of Lament (James K. Mead)
128. Lament Psalms (Elna K. Solvang)
129. Lament and Praise, Top Forty and Psychology (Brent A. Strawn)
130. Imprecatory Psalms: Ancient and Modern (Brent A. Strawn)
131. Psalm 23 and Modern Worldviews (Mark Roncace)
132. Canonicity, Musical Polyphony, and the Book of Psalms (Sara Koenig)
133. Introduction to Wisdom Literature (D. Matthew Stith)
134. The Social Settings of Ancient and Modern Wisdom (Donald C. Polaski)
135. Sayings of the Wise (Guys): An Approach to the Book of Proverbs (Gail P. C. 	Streete)
136. Proverbs and Proverbs of the World (Timothy J. Sandoval)
137. Feeling the Heat in Job by Rewriting the Speeches with Modern Expressions 	(Michael R. Cosby)
138. Job: Putting God on Trial (F. V. Greifenhagen)
139. Editing the End of Job (Mark Roncace)
140. On Covering (the Song of) Songs and the Importance of (Canonical) Context (Brent 	A. Strawn)
141. Reading the Song of Songs (Mark Roncace)
142. Performing the Book of Ruth (Elna K. Solvang)
143. Questioning Ruth (Kyle Keefer)
144. What is the Angle? (Nyasha Junior)
145. "Why Would I Want to Marry My Sister-in-Law?": Cultural Diversity and Levirate 	Marriage (Michael R. Cosby)
146. Lamentations through Musical Interpretation (Amy C. Cottrill)
147. Entering Into Lamentations (Anathea Portier-Young)
148. Lamentations: Reading Poetry of Distress in Distressing Times (Johanna Stiebert)
149. The Characterization of Qoheleth in Ecclesiastes (Frank M. Yamada)
150. Qoheleth Sings Stamps-Baxter (Donald C. Polaski)
151. The Structure of Ecclesiastes and the Views of the Teacher (Mark Roncace)
152. Fooling Around with Esther (Mark Roncace)
153. Chronological Displacements in Ezra-Nehemiah (J. Bradley Chance)
154. Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Foreign Women (L. Juliana M. Claassens)
155. Israel's Identity Crisis in the Post-Exilic Era (D. Matthew Stith)
Varia
156. Comparing Different Portrayals of God (Karla G. Bohmbach) 
157. The Celebration and Commemoration of Jewish Holidays (John R. Levison)
158. Diaspora and Identity (Timothy J. Sandoval)
159. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the Bible: The Stela of King Mesha of Moab 	(F. V. Greifenhagen)
160. Ancient Near Eastern Parallels and Hip Hop Sampling (Brent A. Strawn)
161. Role-playing Narratives from the Hebrew Bible (Karla G. Bohmbach)
162. 1 Maccabees: "That All should be One People" (Bernadette McNary-Zak)
163. The Book of Judith: To Deceive or Not to Deceive? (Bernadette McNary-Zak)
Part Three: The New Testament
The Gospels and Acts
164. Gospel or Gospels? (Richard Walsh)
165. Inductive Discovery of the Synoptic Problem, Or, Catching the Plagiarists (Thomas W. Martin)
166. Who's On First? Tracking Gospel Relations (F. Scott Spencer)
167. The Synoptic Problem (Jaime Clark-Soles)
168. Comparing Synoptic Texts Using "Jesus Film" Clips (Marianne Meye Thompson)
169. One of These Things is Not Like the Others: Introducing the Four Gospels (Daniel E. Goodman)
170. Bringing the Gospels into Conversation with One Another (Greg Carey)
171. The Four Gospels: Sensing Similarities and Differences (Emily R. Cheney)
172. Gospel Music (Patrick Gray)
173. Write Your Own Gospel (Jeffrey L. Staley)
174. Gospel Genre (Karoline Lewis)
175. Whither History? John F. Kennedy and the Gospels (Daniel E. Goodman)
176. The Gospels as Aural and Socio-Political Documents (Emily R. Cheney)
177. How to Read a Gospel by Viewing a Miracle Story in Film: An Exercise in 	Redaction/Narrative/Feminist Criticism (Jeffrey L. Staley)
178. Distinguishing Jesus' Resurrection from His Parousia in the Synoptic Gospels 	(Emily R. Cheney)
179. Introducing the Historical Jesus (Patrick Gray)
180. Create-A-Jesus: Scholarship and the Search for the Historical Jesus (Christine 	Shepardson)
181. Jesus and the Temple: Helping Students to Think Historically (C. D. Elledge)
182. Jesus in Jerusalem: Visualizing the Synoptic Accounts of Jesus' Final Week 	(Matthew L. Skinner)
183. Christology Slideshow (Jaime Clark-Soles) 
184. Creating Comfort with Ambiguity about Jesus (Thomas W. Martin)
185. The Gospel Tradition and the Making of Messiahs (Richard Walsh)
186. The Diverse World of Jesus (John R. Levison)
187. Jesus' Teaching on Divorce and Remarriage (Matthew L. Skinner)
188. Forgiveness (Jaime Clark-Soles)
189. Jesus, Wealth, and Wall Street (Michael Barram)
190. "Wealth and Poverty" Sermon/Study Series (Michael Barram)
191. Teaching about Women in the Gospel Stories (Glenna S. Jackson)
192. The Social Functions of Parables (Guy D. Nave, Jr.)
193. Parable Project (Sandra Hack Polaski)
194. Teaching the Parables of Jesus from an African Context (Glenna S. Jackson)
195. Experiencing the Parables (Greg Carey)
196. How to Write a Parable (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
197. "Exegeting" Christmas (Nicola Denzey)
198. Genealogies and Exegesis (Susan E. Hylen)
199. Acting Out the Sermon on the Mount (Roger Newell)
200. Jesus and the Law (Guy D. Nave, Jr.)
201. The Sermon on the Mount (Nicole Kelley)
202. Matthew's Jesus and the Pharisees: The Rhetoric of Social Identification (B. Diane 	Wudel)
203. Teaching through Role-Play: Matthew 23 as Test Case (Ira Brent Driggers)
204. What Did Jesus Think He Was Saying? (Matt 26:26) (Patrick Gray)
205. The Texas Two-Step: Introducing Mark's Gospel (John R. Levison)
206. The Collaborative Comic Strip (David Barnhart)
207. The Ending of the Gospel of Mark (Nicole Kelley)
208. Film as a Resource for Theological Reflection on Biblical Texts (Carleen Mandolfo)
209. Mark and the Movies (William Sanger Campbell)
210. Luke's Gospel and the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Kyle Keefer)
211. Engendering the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) (Audrey West)
212. Narrative Criticism: Interpreting the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Philip A. 	Quanbeck II)
213. Teaching the Unity of "Luke-Acts" (John B. Weaver)
214. Acts 1-8 and Life in the Early Church (Karla G. Bohmbach)
215. Paul and The Amazing Race (Sandie Gravett)
216. Tracking the Plot of Acts (Greg Carey)
217. The Nature of History in Acts of the Apostles (John B. Weaver)
218. Ancient Historiography and the Book of Acts (John Byron)
219. Just Like Magic: The Acts of the Apostles (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
Letters
220. Reading Other People's Mail (Bryan Whitfield and Patrick Gray)
221. The Letters and Historical Context (Gregory Stevenson) 
222. Will the Real Paul Please Stand Up? (Jeffrey L. Staley)
223. Saint Paul? (Richard Walsh)
224. Debating Pauline Theology (Mary E. Hinkle)
225. Paul's Religious Experience: Conversion or Call? (Emily R. Cheney)
226. Women's Ordination, the New Testament, and the Politics of Interpretation (Thomas W. Martin)
227. Epistle for Today (Raymond H. Reimer)
228. The Issue of Authenticity in the Pauline Writings: 2 Thessalonians as a Test Case 	(Thomas D. Stegman)
229. Literary Analysis and the Question of Authorship (Gregory Stevenson)
230. Authorship and Pseudonymity (Scott Shauf)
231. Pseudonymity and Pseudepigraphy in the New Testament (John Byron)
232. Writing to Paul (Greg Carey)
233. What Does Paul Mean by the Expression Pistis Christou? (Thomas D. Stegman)
234. The Letter to the Romans and Pauline Theological Concepts (Philip A. Quanbeck II)
235. Translation and Interpretation: Slave or Servant in Romans 1:1? (Philip A. Quanbeck II)
236. Romans 13:1-7: Church and State (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
237. "The Righteousness of God" in Paul's Letter to the Romans (Thomas D. Stegman)
238. 1 Corinthians 10: Church and the City (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
239. Discipline in Pauline Communities (1 Corinthians 5) (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
240. A Theology of Sexuality (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) (Kenneth L. Cukrowski)
241. Recreating the Corinthian Community (Emily R. Cheney)
242. Paul and Women (1 Corinthians) (Audrey West)
243. Second Corinthians and Partition Theories (Thomas D. Stegman)
244. Paul's Letter to the Philippians: A Lesson in Citizenship (Julia Lambert Fogg)
245. The Thanksgiving as Epistolary Preview (Philemon) (Audrey West)
246. Reading Philemon (Guy D. Nave, Jr.) 
247. Paul's Rhetoric in Philemon (Emily R. Cheney)
248. The Pastoral Epistles (L. Stephanie Cobb)
249. Guide to a Happy Home (B. Diane Wudel)	
250. Exploring Intertexture in the Letter to the Hebrews (David A. deSilva)
251. The Great Cloud of Witnesses in Hebrews 11 (Sara Koenig)
252. Antichrists and Little Children: Imagining the Johannine Epistles (Lynn R. Huber)
Revelation
253. The Symbolism of the Apocalypse through Political Cartoons (Marianne Meye 	Thompson)
254. Symbolism in Revelation (Mark Roncace)
255. Ancient Apocalyptic and Its Contemporary Expressions (Jeffrey L. Staley)
256. Apocalyptic Literature and Testimonies of Suffering (Ron Clark)
257. Teaching the Book of Revelation as a Screen Play (Thomas W. Martin)
258. Revelation and Pop Culture (Kyle Keefer)
259. Pascal on Reading Revelation (Roger Newell)
260. Introducing Revelation through the Visual Arts (Lynn R. Huber)
261. The Book of Revelation: A Board Game? (Nicola Denzey)
262. All the Senses of Revelation 8: Experiencing First-Century Rhetorical Strategies 	(Julia Lambert Fogg)
263. Reading Revelation 14 and 19: Trampling Out the Vintage (Philip A. Quanbeck II)
Varia
264. The New Testament Canon: Unity and Diversity (John Byron)
265. Journaling in Character (Stanley P. Saunders and William Sanger Campbell)
266. One-Source Social History (Michael Philip Penn)
267. Women and Early Christianity (Guy D. Nave, Jr.)
268. The Importance of the Septuagint (Scott Shauf)
269. Greek Athletes and Athletic Analogies in the New Testament (Russell B. Sisson)
270. Notions of "the Messiah" within First-Century Judaism (Matthew L. Skinner)
271. Use of a Lexicon and the Anchor Bible Dictionary (Audrey West)
272. Non-Canonical Writings (L. Stephanie Cobb)
273. The Origin and Source of Scripture (Guy D. Nave, Jr.)
Indices
Biblical Texts
Art
Music
Film
Literature