Schedule
Date |
First topic |
Related reading |
Second topic | Related |
Assignment due |
Mon |
Course intro; syllabus |
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Introductions |
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| Contents of the canon, generated through God’s practicing people | |||||
Tues |
Community origins: |
review Gen-Ex 20, skim Numbers | House rules: Legal Torah |
review Ex-20-Lev, skim Num, review Deut |
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Wed |
Former Prophets: Joshua-Kings | review them |
Judgment and forgiveness: Latter Prophets |
review a major and a minor prophet |
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Thurs |
Wise nurture: Writings | skim Psalms; review Prov 1-3, Job, Eccl, Song, Daniel |
Jesus parts the testaments: |
Wright ch 1 |
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Fri |
Hope for the Hopeless: Revelation |
review it | The Churches' Gospels | review Gospels, skim Acts | |
Mon |
The Gospel Fleshed Out: Paul and His Letters | review them | The Gospel Abroad: Acts and 1 Peter |
review them |
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Tues |
The Gospel at Home: Hebrews and James | review them | Living in the Apocalypse: 1-3 John and 2 Peter/Jude |
review them | |
| Patterns in the contents | |||||
Wed |
Biblical patterns and hermeneutical advice | Scobie pp 9-16, Longman ch 1 | The Bible of God's people | Pate, Story of Israel, selections | Reflection journal, 4pm |
Thurs |
Love Story | Dempster, "A Book or a Ragbag?" | Judgment-Salvation | Hamilton, God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment | |
Fri |
Covenant and Ordered Relationship | Lawrence, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church, ch 1 | Stages or Epochs | Lawrence ch 2 | |
Mon |
Themes in Tension | Wright ch 2 | Hidden Treasure | Wright ch 3 | |
Tues |
Surprise | Steinmetz, "Uncovering a Second Narrative" | Apocalyptic Future | Lawrence ch 3 | |
Wed |
Unfolding Drama | Bartholemew, prologue, Alexander, opening pages | Presence | Alexander, opening pages | |
| Purposes behind the patterns, inspiring the contents | |||||
Thurs |
Growing Access: The Bible as Means of Grace |
Agent in Salvation | |||
| Techniques for exploring the contents in accordance with God's purposes | |||||
Fri |
Jesus' use of the OT | Beale ch 3 (for exercise, peruse Dodd, According to the Scriptures, ch 2 and ch 3) | Apostles' use of the OT | Beale ch 5 | Critical appraisal of an exemplar, 5pm |
Mon |
Patristic exegesis | Augustine on the Lord's Prayer | Medieval fourfold exegesis | Steinmetz, "The Superiority of Precritical Exegesis" | |
Tues |
The Reformation's plain sense | Luther on the Lord's Prayer | Modern attention to setting | Lawrence ch 1 | |
| Practices pursuing the purposes by employing the techniques | |||||
Wed |
The Bible in worship | In mission | Wright ch 4 | OT in NT analysis, 4pm | |
Thurs |
In catechesis | In devotion | Work, "Are We Reading the Same Bible?" | ||
Fri |
In contemplation and prayer | In preaching | Wright ch 5 | ||
| July 30, noon | Final assignment due, by email. | ||||
