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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Youmans, Tim Sean, author.
Title: Blessed to bless : an introduction to the Bible / Tim Sean Youmans.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019048944 (print) | LCCN 2019048945 (ebook) | ISBN 9781640652460 (paperback) | ISBN 9781640652477 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible--Introductions.
Classification: LCC BS475.3 .Y68 2020 (print) | LCC BS475.3 (ebook) | DDC 220.6/1--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019048944
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019048945
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Contents
Unit One: The Creation and the Fall
Unit Two: God Conceives a Blessing Culture
11. The Call of Abram and Sarai
12. Abram and Sarai’s Undulating Faith
13. Circumcision and the Three Visitors
15. Isaac Marries His Cousin Rebekah
16. Jacob, Esau, and Tribal Leadership
17. Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah
18. Jacob Wrestles with a Man? an Angel? God?
19. Joseph and Promises Fulfilled
20. Abraham’s Family Is the Foundation
EXODUS, WILDERNESS, CONQUEST, AND THE JUDGES
Unit One: The Exodus: Forty Years in the Wilderness and the Halacha
25. The Golden Calf and the Presence of God
26. The Tabernacle, Ark, and Priesthood
27. The Pathway of God: Halacha