Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Do we need the New Testament? -- Why is Jesus important? -- Was the Holy Spirit present in first testament times? -- The grand narrative and the middle narratives in the first testament and the New Testament -- How people have misread Hebrews -- The costly loss of first testament spirituality -- Memory and Israel's faith, hope, and life -- Moses (and Jesus and Paul) for your hardness of hearts -- Theological interpretation: don't be Christ-centered, don't be trinitarian, don't be constrained by the rule of faith.