How to Study the Bible
Course Outline
Week 1: Setting the Stage–What is the Bible and how should we approach it?
Week 2: Purpose and Context–What does it all mean?
Week 3: Structure–Understanding the function of form
Week 4: Linking Words–Knowing what therefore is there for
Week 5: Parallels–Seeing truth; observing wisdom
Week 6: Narrator Comments–The value of insider information
Week 7: Vocabulary–Words matter
Week 8: Translations–Words matter … most of the time
Week 9: Tone and Feel–Reading between the lines
Week 10: Repetition–Making the point again and again and again
Week 11: Quotations and Allusions–The value of what others have said and understood
Week 12: Genre–Songs, prophecies, proverbs and other types of writings
Week 13: Copycat–Knowing what to emulate and what to eschew
Week 14: Timelines–Seeing God’s unfolding plan
Week 15: “Who Am I”–Letting the Bible read you
Week 16: “So What?”:–Pulling it all together
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