Introduction -- People in the Old Testament -- The first humans -- Job and his comforters -- The patriarchs -- Egypt : arrival, living, and exodus -- Israel's judges -- Ruth and her circle -- Samuel and the first king -- King David and his circle -- Judah's kings -- Judah's prophets -- Israel's kings -- Israel's prophets -- In exile -- Return from exile -- People in the New Testament -- Jesus and his contemporaries -- The twelve apostles and their contemporaries -- Jesus' enemies -- Jesus' friends -- The acts of the apostles -- The Apostle John and his circle -- The Apostle Paul and his circle -- Paul's friends and converts -- Paul's enemies -- Roman rulers -- All the people of the Bible -- Alphabetical list of Bible names -- Index of names in parts 1 and 2.