This Bethel Seminary course, intended for all interested people, is the basic introductory course in the Old Testament part of our Bible. It is currently in development. Lessons from the textbook will be added below as they are prepared.
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| The Word of God Strategies for interpreting scripture and its authority
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| All About Jesus The relevance of the Old Testament for Christians
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| How We Got Here The way the Bible was written and transmitted over centuries
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| Which Bible? Variations in the Bible between language and religious groups
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| What’s in Here Ways to divide up the Old Testament and its contents
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| Before History The fantastic stories of Genesis 1–11
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| The Story Begins The narrative parts of the Torah
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| The Rules are Set Reading the Law through the Bible’s priestly agenda
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| Hands of an Angry God Violent capture of an new land—Joshua and Colonialism
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| Israel’s Success The building of the Monarchy
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| Israel’s Failure The collapse of the Monarchy
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| Josiah’s Bright Idea The Deuteronomist agenda—Unity no matter what
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| All the Bad Guys The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires
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| Building the Border Wall Contrasting messages on foreigners in
Ezra-Nehemiah, Ruth, and the Prophets
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| Then 500 Years Passed… History between the Old and New Testaments
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| Sheep’s Liver, Extra Spicy Major differences between prophecy in Israel and elsewhere
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| Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah The old, old story is always new
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| God’s Weirdos Prophetic action in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Hosea
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| The End is Coming Prophecy before Babylon’s defeat of Israel
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| The Beginning is Coming Prophecy after Babylon’s defeat of Israel
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| In the Beginning Creation theology in the Old Testament and nearby nations
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| I Lift My Eyes to the Hills Psalms and their use in Israelite liturgy
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| Earth and All Stars Psalms and their use in Israelite daily life
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| Your Neck is Too Long Poetic explorations of the wisdom tradition
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| Both a Donkey and a Mule The Old Testament as used in the Gospels
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| Both a Fish and Worm The gospel as proclaimed in the Old Testament
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| Both Word and Sacrament The Old Testament and its place in Christian worship
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| Cows of Bashan The Old Testament and its place in Christian service
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| With Tambourine in Hand Women’s stories in scripture
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| A Jewel With 70 Facets Jewish perspectives on our shared scriptures
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