Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations of ancient texts -- 1. By Way of Background -- 2. From Chaos to Creation and Back Again -- 3. Out of the Depths -- 4. Wrestling with an Absent Almighty -- 5. Talking Back to Tradition: Matthew Transforms Theophany -- 6. Playing with Dragons -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.