Joseph: A Story of Love, Hate, Slavery, Power, and Forgiveness

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part 1: The Broader Context in Genesis

1. The Structure of Genesis
2. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
3. Isaac and His Sons
4. Jacob and Family Return to the Promised Land; Meeting God and Esau
5. Jacob in Shechem; the Violation of Dinah

Part 2: Joseph, His Father, and His Brothers

1. Preliminary Considerations
2. The Genesis of Hatred
3. The Brothers Revenge
4. Judahs Family Life
5. An Introduction to Egypt
6. Joseph in the House of Potiphar
7. Joseph and Potiphars Wife
8. Joseph in Prison
9. Josephs Rise to Power
10. The Path of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Act 1
11. The Nature of Forgiveness
12. The Path of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Act 2
13. The Path of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Act 3
14. Israel Comes To Egypt
15. The Last Days of Israel and Joseph

Appendix 1: Major Divisions of Ancient Egyptian History
General Index
Scripture Index

About the Author:

John C. Lennox(PhD, Cambridge University; DPhil, Oxford University) is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Oxford and an associate fellow of Oxfords Said Business School. Lennox has published more than seventy scholarly papers and coauthored two research-level texts in mathematics. He is author of a number of books on the relations of science, philosophy, and biblical understanding, includingGunning for GodandAgainst the Flow.