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.
zlib_text: ©	2013	by	Julie	Klassen
  Published	by	Bethany	House	Publishers
  11400	Hampshire	Avenue	South
  Bloomington,	Minnesota	55438
  www.bethanyhouse.com
  Bethany	House	Publishers	is	a	division	of
  Baker	Publishing	Group,	Grand	Rapids,	Michigan
  www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
  Ebook	edition	created	2014
  All	rights	reserved.	No	part	of	this	publication	may	be	reproduced,	stored	in	a	retrieval	system,	or	
  transmitted	in	any	form	or	by	any	means—for	example,	electronic,	photocopy,	recording—without	the	
  prior	written	permission	of	the	publisher.	The	only	exception	is	brief	quotations	in	printed	reviews.
  Library	of	Congress	Cataloging-in-Publication	Data	is	on	file	at	the	Library	of	Congress,	Washington,	
  DC.
  ISBN	978-1-4412-6347-6
  Scripture	quotations	are	from	the	King	James	Version	of	the	Bible.
  This	is	a	work	of	fiction.	Names,	characters,	incidents,	and	dialogues	are	products	of	the	author’s	
  imagination	and	are	not	to	be	construed	as	real.	Any	resemblance	to	actual	events	or	persons,	living	or	
  dead,	is