Dangerous Worlds : Living And Dying In Biblical Texts

Reading In Dangerous Places
Introduction
Understanding Biblical Narrative Worlds
Violence And Death In The Bible
Organization Of The Book

Genesis: Striving With God
The Narrative Shape Of Genesis
To Dust You Shall Return
I Shall Not Look On The Death Of The Child
Reflections

Judges: Who Shall Go Up?
The Narrative Shape Of Judges
Perish All Your Enemies O Lord
For They Have Done A Wicked And Disgraceful Thing In Israel
Reflections

Samuel: Like The Other Nations
The Narrative Shape Of Samuel
1 Samuel: The Bows Of The Mighty Are Broken
2 Samuel: From The Blood Of The Slain
Reflections

Ezra-Nehemiah: All Who Trembled
The Narrative Shape Of Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra: Because They Were In Dread
Nehemiah: In Great Evil And Shame
Reflections

Matthew: Not Peace But A Sword
The Narrative Shape Of Matthew
Rachel Weeping For Her Children
His Blood Be On Us
Reflections

The Acts Of The Apostles: Those Who Were Scattered
The Narrative Shape Of Acts
After His Suffering
For The Sake Of The Hope Of Israel
Reflections

Living And Dying

Bibliography

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Additional Info
The narrative books of the Bible are dominated by the themes of violence and death. In his newly released work, author and biblical scholar Mark McEntire examines the messy stories of life and death found in the Bible. From gentle death at a good, old age to starvation to brutal murder, death appears in its many forms in these biblical worlds. Through the stories, we are invited to move back and forth between our own stories and those of the Bible, as McEntire writes, “so that we might live and die faithfully in the dangerous world they form together.” As we live and die in our own dangerous world, the stories of life and death we encounter in the Bible offer us resources for understanding the most difficult aspect of our existence.