Introduction: In the beginning
The book of Genesis : God's first try
The book of Exodus : let my complaining, whining, no-goodnik people go!
The book of Leviticus : lovers and lepers
The book of Numbers : the source of all Jewish comedy
The book of Deuteronomy : the Bible's fifth Beatle
The book of Joshua : why so many Bible hookers?
The book of Judges : the meathead and the left-handed assassin
The book of 1 Samuel : the Bible's Bill Clinton
The book of 2 Samuel : God's favorite king
The book of 1 Kings : kings of pain
The book of 2 Kings : the end of Israel
The book of Isaiah : the Jesus preview
The book of Jeremiah : the prophet and the lustful she-camel
The book of Ezekiel : God's whole-grain hippie prophet
The Minor Prophets : all those books you've never heard of, plus Jonah and the whale
The book of Psalms : 150 short poems about God
The book of Proverbs : chicken soup for the Hebrew soul
The book of Job : God's bad bet
The Song of Songs : hot and holy
The book of Ruth : my favorite Bible story
The books of Lamentations and Ecclesiastes : Bible books for rock stars
The book of Esther : the first Miss Universe pageant
The book of Daniel : nice pussycat!
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah : coming home
The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles : return of the kings
Should you read the Bible?
Appendix: Useful (and not so useful) Bible lists.
