Content

The full series contains the following topics:

Volume 1

Part I: The Primeval Era

Session 1: The Seduction of Eve: Why Did She Do It? — Original Sin versus the Anatomy of Sin

Session 2: Cain and Abel: Homicide as Fratricide — The Moral Implications of Playing God

Session 3: Noah as the New Adam — Human Nature and Moral Realism

Session 4: The Tower of Babel — Man Proposes and God Disposes

Part II: Three Prophets

Session 5: Abraham's Challenge to God — Power and Morality

Session 6: Moses as the People's Defense Attorney — Leadership versus Self-Interest

Session 7: Elijah at Sinai — Religious Success and Moral Failure

Session 8: The Binding/Sacrifice of Isaac — Covenant and Mutual Testing

Volume 2

Part III: From Jacob to Joseph

Session 9: The Blessings of Isaac to His Sons — Do the Ends Justify the Means?

Session 10: Jacob and the Man/Angel — Is the Struggle with Conscience a Struggle with God?

Session 11: Joseph's Conflict with His Brothers — Illusions of Grandeur or Awareness of Greatness?

Session 12: Judah and Tamar — Perversity or Integrity?

Session 13: Joseph's Meeting with His Brothers — Vengeance or Repentance?

Session 14: Joseph's Reconciliation with His Brothers — What Makes a Great Moral Hero?

Part IV: Israel in Egypt

Session 15: The Enslavement of Israel in Egypt — Do Despots Need the Consent of their People?

Session 16: Moses' Self Discovery — Why Was Moses Chosen?

Volume 3

(under development)

Volume 4

(future development)