Understanding the Old Testament

Take a fresh and eye-opening look at one of Western civilization’s most fundamental texts and learn to decipher and interpret the meanings of this world-shaping collection of books of the Bible in the Old Testament.

Syllabus

01: The Old Testament as Literature
02: The Genesis Creation Story
03: What God Intended for Adam and Eve
04: When Things Go Wrong in the Garden of Eden
05: Abraham, the Father of Three Faiths
06: Moses and the Exodus
07: The Ten Commandments
08: The Covenant Code in Exodus
09: Leviticus at a Crossroads
10: Deuteronomy to Kings
11: The Book of Judges
12: The Books of Samuel
13: The Books of Kings
14: Biblical Short Stories: Ruth and Esther
15: Amos, Prophet of Justice
16: The Prophet Isaiah in Three Movements
17: Jeremiah, Persecuted Prophet
18: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature
19: How Scholars Study Psalms
20: The Music of the Psalms
21: Proverbs in the Bible: Wisdom Literature
22: Job’s Suffering and Understanding
23: Ecclesiastes and the “Vanity of Vanities”
24: Slaying the Dragons of the Old Testament
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Robert D. Miller II

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Introduction to the Old Testament

Visions of the End: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament - Lecture 23

Bible As Literature

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