Joan E. Cook, SC, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is author of Hannah's Desire, God's Design (Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) and Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth: An Introduction to the Prophets (Liturgical Press, 2006), which won a first-place Catholic Press Association award in 2007. Cook has also written numerous articles on biblical women and biblical prayer.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSWelcomeWhat materials will you use?How will you use these materials?Lesson One (Introduction and Genesis 1–3)Lesson Two (Genesis 4–10)Lesson Three (Genesis 11–15)Lesson Four (Genesis 16–20)Lesson Five (Genesis 21:1–25:18)Praying with Your GroupReflecting on Scripture