Introduction : the Jewish lawyer
God meets Abram-and so do we
God tests Abraham and Abraham passes-at least the first test
Abraham refuses to argue with God and with his wife over the lives of his children-failing god's next test
Abraham negotiates to buy a burial cave for Sarah
The trial of Jesus, the conviction of the Jews, and the blood libel
Alfred Dreyfus, Leo Frank, Rudolf Slansky, Anatoly Sharansky, and other Jews on trial
The Jewish lawyer as Abrahamic idol smasher, advocate, collaborator, rescuer, and deal-maker
Epilogue : the future of Abraham's descendants.