title: The User-Friendly Old Testament: A Modern Approach to Ancient Scripture
author:  Marilyn Green Faulkner 
description: The User-friendly Old Testament is an outgrowth of a long-running community Bible course that I teach in Cardiff, California. I find that people need more than a historical context or a literary approach to scripture. We need to find ourselves in these stories, and hopefully smile a little in the process. I think you'll enjoy it too.
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  © 2016 by Regina Jennings
  
  
  Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South
  
  
  Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
  
  
  [www.bethanyhouse.com](http://www.bethanyhouse.com)
  
  
  Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand
  Rapids, Michigan
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  ## Ebook edition created 2016
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
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  Library of Congress Control Number: 2016942750
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-4412-3055-3
  
  
  Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
  
  
  This is a work of historical reconstruction; the appearances of certain
  historical figures are therefore inevitable. All other character