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.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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
Taught by
Robert D. Miller II
