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The book's four-part journey

Part I traces two kingdoms' rise and fall. Part II follows survivors rebuilding. Part III studies the grand narrative. Part IV explores survival strategies like new roles for women and open access.

From kingdoms to a people.

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Each chapter opens with biblical personalities, archetypal and average, in keeping with how the nameless scribes focused on others' lives rather than their own.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 13–15

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