by Mark McEntire

- Introduction
- Understanding Biblical Narrative Worlds
- Violence and Death in the Bible
- Organization of the Book

- The Narrative Shape of Genesis
- To Dust You Shall Return
- I Shall Not Look on the Death of the Child
- Reflections

- The Narrative Shape of Judges
- Perish All Your Enemies O Lord
- For They Have Done a Wicked and Disgraceful Thing in Israel
- Reflections

- The Narrative Shape of Samuel
- 1 Samuel: The Bows of the Mighty Are Broken
- 2 Samuel: From the Blood of the Slain
- Reflections

- The Narrative Shape of Ezra-Nehemiah
- Ezra: Because They Were in Dread
- Nehemiah: In Great Evil and Shame
- Reflections

- The Narrative Shape of Matthew
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children
- His Blood Be on Us
- Reflections

- The Narrative Shape of Acts
- After His Suffering
- For the Sake of the Hope of Israel
- Reflections

Living and Dying

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