You’ve probably noticed that many of the details of the near-sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22 foreshadow the death and resurrection of our Lord. Jesus Himself invites us to consider the connections between the feeding of the 5,000 in John 6 and the manna from heaven in Exodus 16. The church year pairs the bottomless jar of flour and the raising of the widow’s son at Zarephath (both in 1 Kings 17) on two consecutive Sundays with “do not be anxious” (Matthew 6) and the raising of the widow’s son at Nain (Luke 7). Such connections across texts and testaments invite the reader of the Holy Scriptures not just to discover but even to participate in the great conversation taking place upon the hallowed page. Of course, the great works of classical literature do this, too. Virgil’s Aeneid echoes Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey (and Virgil himself makes an appearance in Dante’s Inferno!). Ovid uses a multitude of mythological narrative and symbolism in his Metamorphoses. And more recent authors like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien draw heavily upon the themes, images, and narratives of the great works that went before them. This presentation will ask and attempt to answer two questions: first, how can we enter this Great Conversation ourselves—perhaps especially if we, like Rev. Mullet, do not come from a classical background?; and second, why should we enter into such a conversation and encourage those we teach to do the same?