Gifted, talented, and handsome, Joseph survives slavery and exile by his wits. What does his story mean today?

Apparently headed for his final comeuppance, the fugitive Jacob meets God in a dream and ultimately finds himself.

God's command to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac raises profoundly disturbing questions. What kind of God would make such a demand? And what kind of parent would consider obeying it?

Seeking a descendant, Abraham takes Hagar as a wife, who conceives Ishmael — engendering jealousy, division and pain for everyone involved.

When God chooses Abraham to found a dynasty, how does Abraham react? What does divine sanction mean, both for the chosen and the non-chosen?

Bill Moyers leads a discussion with theologians and scholars on what it means to be created "in God’s image" and what the two creation accounts in Genesis suggest about the roles of the sexes.