The blog is divided into ten major sections: “God,” “God and Man Learning toWork Together – The Basics,” God and Man Learning to Work Together – The Journey Begins,” Jacob,” “Exodus,” “The Prophets,” “Women of the Bible,” “The Jewish Nation,” “In The Synagogue,” and “Samuel.” Each of the sections is then broken down into several essays (titled “series”). For example, the “God” section contains five essays (series): “In God’s Image,” “God,” “Messiah,” “The Reason for the Prohibition Against Using God’s Name,” and “Monotheism.” Each essay (series) is further broken down into posts. For example, the “In God’s Image” essay (series) of the “God” section has ten posts, including “The Many Meanings of ‘In His Image’,” “Man is often viewed as a duplicate of God,” etc.

The overall blog might be viewed as an outline:

Section

Essay (series)

Posts

In order to keep a reader oriented, each post will have a “review/preview” feature. That is, each post will include at the beginning a short description of the major section as well as a short description of the previous posts (review) so the reader can orient himself prior to reading a post. Then each post will also include at the end a preview of the next post.

In some cases, an essay is best understood if preceeding essays (series) are read before undertaking that essay. This fact will be noted at the beginning of the essay and at the beginning of each post. The posts can be read without reading the preceeding posts referred to, but to fully appreciate the points being made, the reader should be familiar with certain points made in previoius posts.

Several themes in the Bible were identified for this blog which seem to explain many stories. For example, the story of Dinah might be beter appreciated if it is read in the context of an overarching theme of the Bible teaching against assimilation and intermarriage. a section titled “Overarching Themes” has been included and when appropriate, the post will hypertext back to the definition and review of the theme being applied to the analysis in the post.

Furthermore, in any undertaking such as this, it is absolutely necessary that terms be carefully defined. This will prevent the reader from “understanding” something that the writer did not intend. For example, in the “God” series in the “God” section, “God” is defined as “that which deserves to be worshiped, one to whom we will be willing to direct prayers, be obedient to, to hold in awe and be faithful to.” Anotehr example: “Assimilation” is defined as “an individual allowing outside forces to destroy his identity.” Then, in the essays, when the blog writer refers to “God,” or to “assimilation,” the reader will understand what the writer is saying (whether the reader agrees or not, is up to the reader, but at least the reader and the writer will “be on the same page” with respect to the definition of the term being discussed). Accordingly, a section titled “Definitions” is included. Whenever a term such as “God” or “assimilation,” or the like is used, that term will be hyperlinked to the “Definition” Section. Some terms will be hyperlinked to both the “Definitions” Section and to the “Overarching Themes” Section for easy convenience for the reader.

A separate section contains discussion questions associated with each section. It is recommended that the reader visit the discussion question section only after completing an entire section. The questions in the discussion question section can serve as discussion questions for study groups, seminars and the like and are intended to engender discussion and further thoughts.

As with any blog, this blog is an ongoing process. Posts will be periodically added. The posts may be in any particular section and series. Therefore, some sections may contain several series, while others may only contain one or two posts. In fact, some of the series may not even be posted. Any blog follower will understand this ongoing process.