How did stories and narratives in the Old Testament
communicate messages in the ancient world and how do they
communicate with us today? Bill Bellinger offers extraordinary
insights into four major stories from the Old Testament: (1) Ruth’s
story of God’s providence; (2) the story of Esther as a different
kind of divine providence; (3) the story of Jacob and
Rachel/Leah and the divine covenant promise to Israel; and (4)
the Joseph generation and the continuation of the ancestral
covenant promise.