Adult Education

Bible 101: Reintroducing the Book You Figure You Ought to Know (but don't)

Led by The Reverend Dr. Kent Organ
January 5 - May 11, 7:00p-8:00p

1. How the Bible was put Together
2. Starting with the Torah; Genesis' Pre-History (Genesis 1-11)
3. God Starts Over: A Particular People (Genesis 12 - Exodus 1:8)
4. Moses and Exodus: the Hub of Israel's Faith (Exodus 1-19)
5. The Covenant in the Wilderness: God's Steadfast Love
6. The Rule of Law: Israel's Covenant Responsibilities
7. The Conquest of Canaan: Struggles for Identity (Joshua)
8. No King but YHWH: Tribal Confederacy (leadership in crisis) (Judges)
9. To Be Like the Nations: Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon (I and II Samuel; I Kings 1-11)
10. The Divided Kingdom: The "Deuteronomic" Theory of History (I Kings-II Chronicles)
11. Prophecy: The Prophetic Imagination (Walter Brueggemann) (Jeremiah)
12. Majors and Minors: Particular Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Amos, Micah)
13. Fall of Israel & Judah; Exile "by the rivers of Babylon" (Psalm 137; Ezekiel, 2nd Isaiah)
14. The Heart of God (Isaiah 52-53; Hosea)
15. Wisdom (the Writings): The Bible's Counter-Testimony (Proverbs; Ecclesiastes; Job)

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