1. introduction to the bible

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A verse-by-verse study through the entire Bible, Genesis through Revelation!


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It takes approximately 7-8 years to study

through the entire Bible, verse-by-verse!

Our class meets for three academic

quarters each year: fall, winter and spring.

Each quarter consists of ten weeks.

Each week consists of two 50-minute

lessons with a 15-minute break in between.


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I have written an in-depth syllabus for

each book of the Bible we will study.

You can download the Genesis syllabus at

my web site: logosbiblestudy.com/syllabus.


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The primary text for our class is: The

Catholic Study Bible, revised edition. New

York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

The supplemental text for the Old

Testament is: Lawrence Boadt. Reading the

Old Testament, an Introduction, 2ndedition.New York: Paulist Press, 2012.


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For Roman Catholics I also recommend as

a reference work: Catechism of the Catholic

Church. New York: Doubleday, 1995.

The supplemental reading for the New

Testament is: Luke Timothy Johnson. The

Writings of the New Testament, 3rdedition.Minneaopolis: Fortress Press, 1995.


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I will record our lessons each week, and by

Friday of the same week the lessons will be

on my web site: logosbiblestudy.com/audio.


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I also write a weekly blog that addresses a

variety of biblical topics: billcreasy.com.


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We will study all 73 books of the larger

Septuagint canon of Scripture, the canon

accepted by the Roman Catholic Church asinspired by God.

Our method will be to alternate back and

forth between the Old and New Testaments:Genesis, Matthew, Exodus/Leviticus, Mark . .

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Gracious Father,

We thank you for bringing us here today

To read and to study your Word.

Please open our minds and hearts to what you have to say

That in better understanding you

We may come to love you more deeply.

God our Father,You sent your Son into the world to be its true light.

Pour out the Holy Spirit you promised us,

To sow truth in our hearts

And awaken in us obedience to the faith.

May we all be born again to new life

And enter the fellowship of your one holy people.

Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy SpiritOne God for ever and ever.

Amen.


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The word Bible in Greek is ta biblia, meaning the books, an

anthology of many individual works, not the product of a single person.

The Christian Bible consists of 73 individual books, numbering roughly

2,000 pages of text, written over a period of 1.500 yearsfrom around

1,400 B.C. through 100 A.D.by at lease 45 different authors, each book

passing through the hands of editors and redactors, and each book

having its own more or less complex textual history.

The Bible was written a long time ago in a culture very different from

our own.

Yet, the Bible is the best selling book in history, averaging over 30

million copies each year and selling more than 150 billion copies since

Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press in A.D. 1453.


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Nevertheless, few people have actually read

the Bible, cover to cover.

Even fewer have studied it verse-by-verse.


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Our Mission:To study the Bible systematically, verse-by-verse,

Genesis through Revelation.


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Our Goals:

To create educated readers of Scripture, fully

equipped to engage the text in its full historical,

cultural and literary context and to reflect accuratelythe teaching and traditions of the Roman Catholic

Church.

To bring students into a deeper, more intimate

relationship with Christ.


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The Christian canon of Scripture was not

defined until the 4th-century A.D.

Council of Hippo, A.D. 393

Council of Carthage, A.D. 397

Pope Innocent I, A.D. 405

Latin Vulgate, 5th century A.D


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Early Christian biblical scholars:

Marcion of Pontus (c. A.D. 85-160)

Justin Martyr (c. A.D. 100-165)

Irenaeus of Lyons (2ndcent.- A.D. 202)

Origen of Alexandria (c. A.D. 185-253)

Jerome (c. A.D. 340-420)


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Medieval biblical scholarship:

Glossa Ordinaria (12th century)

Patristic commentary on entire Bible

Stephen Langton (d. 1228) Divided Bible into chapters

Thomas Galus (d. 1246)

Divided chapters into verses

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)


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Modern biblical scholarship (post Vatican II):

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine RevelationDei

Verbum (1965)

Stresses importance of Scripture and Tradition in the life ofthe Church.

Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1993)

Discusses interpretive approaches to Scripture


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Many Ways to approach Scripture:Historical-critical method (foundational)

Textual criticism

Literary criticism

Historical criticism

Source criticism

Form criticism

Redaction criticism


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In our class we will take a literary approach

to Scripture, an approach that is based on

four foundational principles.


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Principle #1:

The Bible is rooted in geography.


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Principle #2:

The Bible is emerges from history.


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Principle #3:

The Biblein its final, finished formis a

unified literary work.


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Principle #4:

The Bible is the Word of God.


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The World of the Bible Is:

Patriarchal

Monarchical

Polytheistic

Slaveholding


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1. What is your motivation for taking this class?

2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your

current knowledge of the Bible?

3. What do you expect to learn by taking thisclass?

4. Have you taken any other Scripture classes?

5. When I say the phrase Bible class, what

word or image springs to mind?

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