Our narrative begins now to center on a most unique people: the ancient Jews. The Israelites, God’s Chosen People, the Children of Abraham, would serve as those through whom God would begin to work out the redemption of the human race. So who were the Jewish people? Why did God choose them? How did they respond? In what ways do they serve as types for all of us? Here we suggest how Israel’s story becomes our own.

While the word "myth" has come to mean "untrue account," we mean something quite different. Throughout the long ages of human life and culture, myth has been a way of expressing deep truths. And so, here, "mythic narrative" means "meaningful account." Indeed, it is an account that might be entirely true... or mostly false... or somewhere in between. We know where we stand, but that's for each listener to discover.

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A text version of this project is under production by ActsXXIX. See www.primematters.com/text.