Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I. ANONYMITY AND THE EFFACEMENT OF PERSONAL IDENTITY -- 1 The Bit Players -- 2 Servants, Stewards and Armor-Bearers -- 3 Transmitters of Information -- PART II. ANONYMITY AND THE EXPRESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY -- 4 Wise Women and Unworthy Levites -- 5 Wayward Wives, Multifarious Mothers and Doomed Daughters -- PART III. ANONYMITY AND THE BOUNDARIES OF PERSONAL IDENTITY -- 6 The Convergence of Characters -- 7 Character Confusion in the Heavenly Realm -- 8 Crossing the Threshold between Reader and Text -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Scriptural Citations -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.