Introduction : "the purification of means" --
Metaphor ; Discernment ; Temptation ; Ways --
Abraham : climbing Mount Moriah. Faith ; Sacrifice ; Testing --
Moses : on the plains of Moab. Moses and the Five Books ; Every idle word
A congregational language ; "Gospel me to the Garden" --
David : "I did not hide my iniquity". Narrative ; Prayers --
Elijah : "hide yourself by the Brook Cherith". Ahab ; Widow ; Baal ; Yahweh ; Naboth ; Ahaziah --
Isaiah of Jerusalem : "The Holy". "In the year that King Uzziah died
"I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne
Midian and Patmos ; "And he touched my mouth
Holy God and holy stump ; Non-negotiable holy --
Isaiah of the exile : "how beautiful on the mountains". Exile ; Your God ; My servant ; Beauty --
Way of Herod. Jesus and Herod ; Pharisees ; Jesus and the Pharisees ; Praying on the way with Mary --
Way of Caiaphas. Jesus and Caiaphas ; Essenes ; Jesus and the Essenes ; Praying on the way with Thomas --
Way of Josephus. Jesus and Josephus ; Zealots ; Jesus and the Zealots ; Praying on the way with the resurrection Christians --
Appendix : some writers on discerning the way.