Bringing together nationally and internationally known scholars, The Museum of the Bible: A Critical Introduction analyzes the newly opened Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., and wrestles with the thorny interpretive issues and complex histories that are at risk of being obscured when private funds put a major museum on the National Mall.

Foreword Candida R. Moss and Joel S. BadenIntroduction Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan ConcannonI. What's the Bible Good For?Chapter 1 "It's Complicated." "No It's Not." : The Museum of the Bible, Problems and SolutionsMargaret M. MitchellChapter 2 Exploring Race, Religion, and Slavery at the Museum of the BibleTerrence L. JohnsonII. The Museum of Whose Bible?Chapter 3 Christian Supersessionism and the Problem of Diversity at the Museum of the BibleJill Hicks-KeetonChapter 4 Looking at the Bible Sideways: One Jewish Scholar's Perspective Marc Zvi BrettlerChapter 5 Smoke and Mirrors: The Hebrew Bible Exhibit at the Museum of the BibleMark LeuchterIII. Archaeology, Israel, and the "Reliability" of the BibleChapter 6 Theopolitics, Archaeology, and the Ideology of the Museum of the BibleCavan ConcannonChapter 7 The Land of Israel and Bodily Pedagogy at the Museum of the BibleSarah F. PorterIV. Materiality, Text, and the Production of ScriptureChapter 8 Editing Without Interpreting: The Museum of the Bible and New Testament Textual Criticism Jennifer Wright KnustChapter 9 The Green Papyri and the Museum of the Bible Roberta MazzaChapter 10 Christian Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Post-2002 Fragments as Modern Protestant Relics Ludvik A. KjeldsbergV. Christian Nationalism and the Bible in AmericaChapter 11 Letting the Bible Do Its Work on Behalf of Christian America: The Founding Era at the Museum of the Bible John FeaChapter 12 Religious Freedom for a Christian America: "Don't You Agree?" Stephen L. YoungVI. Religion, Politics, and the Museum's Hidden PartnersChapter 13 The Creationist Museum of the Bible James R. LinvilleChapter 14 Museum of the Bible's Politicized Holy Land Trip Mark A. Chancey