1. A Brief History of Israel Session 5 Stories the Israelites Told

2. Music by Debbie Friedman, Lyrics by Debbie Friedman based on traditional text; from The Journey Continues: Ma'yan Passover Haggadah in Song, 1997. Opening Prayer Birkat Hamazon A prayer in song by Debbie Friedman

3. Introduction  Tonight’s session will cover Genesis Genesis Esther Esther Job Job Daniel Daniel Jonah Jonah  Stories in biblical text told in poetry Presentation is prose Presentation is prose

4. Stories of Long Ago  Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Genesis 2:4b-25; Genesis 3:1-24; Genesis 4:1-16 Adam Adam Eve Eve Cain Cain Abel Abel  Genesis 6:9-9:17 Noah Noah  Genesis 11:1-9 Tower of Babel Tower of Babel

5. Esther Esther 1:1-10:3  Esther / Hadassah  King Ahasuerus / Xerxes  Queen Vashti  Mordecai  Haman

6. Job’s Trials Job1:1-3:26; 38:1-42:10  Job  Job’s Friends Eliphaz Eliphaz Bildad Bildad Zophar Zophar

7. Daniel in Babylon Daniel 1:1-12:13  Daniel / Belteshazzar  Hananiah / Shadrach  Mishael / Meshach  Azariah / Abednego  King Nebuchadnezzar  King Belshazzar  King Cyrus

8. Jonah Jonah 1:1-4:11  Jonah

9. Bibliography  Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures. New York: The Jewish Publication Society, 1985.  The HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version. New York: HarperCollins, Publishers, Inc., 1993.  The Holy Bible: Today’s New International Version. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.