Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The leech has two daughters -- God makes himself known -- But how can we know? -- Christ has made him known -- And we know him through Scripture -- The Bible is the divine-human Word -- We begin and end with Christ -- I am the first and the last -- Creation by word -- The fall -- First revelation of redemption -- Abraham our father -- Exodus : pattern of redemption -- New life : gift and task -- The temptation in the wilderness -- Into the good land -- God's rule in God's land -- The life of faith -- The fading shadow -- There is a new creation -- The second exodus -- The new creation for us -- The new creation in us initiated -- The new creation in us now -- The new creation consummated -- Knowing God's will -- Life after death.