EFM: Education for Ministry, New Zealand
Lessons

Year 1: The Old Testament

  1. The Old Testament
  2. The Book of Genesis
  3. The Priestly Creation Story
  4. The JE Account of Creation and the Fall
  5. Cain and Abel
  6. The Flood
  7. The Table of Nations and the Tower of Babel
  8. The Abraham Saga, part 1
  9. The Abraham Saga, part 2
  10. The Jacob Saga
  11. The Joseph Novel
  12. The Exodus and the Settlement of Canaan
  13. Moses and the Pharaoh
  14. From Egypt to Sinai
  15. Law in the Old Testament
  16. Concluding Exodus
  17. The Book of Numbers
  18. The Conquest of Canaan
  19. The Judges
  20. ‘No King in Israel’
  21. Samuel and Saul
  22. Saul and David
  23. David the King
  24. The Divided of Kingdom
  25. Elijah and Elisha
  26. Amos and Hosea
  27. Isaiah of Jerusalem
  28. The Deuteronomic Reform
  29. Jeremiah and the Fall of Jerusalem
  30. Ezekiel
  31. Second Isaiah
  32. The Restoration
  33. The Psalter
  34. Wisdom Literature

 

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Topics covered:

*Overview of the History of Israel*Introduction to the Critical Study of the Scriptures*The Book of Genesis*The Themes of Creation, Sin, Judgment, and Redemption*Beginning the Study of Theology, Ethics, and Liturgics*The Exodus-Sinai Event and the Establishment of the TribaL Confederacy in Canaan*The Covenant of God with His People*The Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and I Samuel*The Rise of the Monarchy*The Books of 2 Samuel, 2 Kings, Deuteronomy, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah of Jerusalem, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel*Exilic and Post-Exilic Judaism*Judaism and the Beginning of Christianity*Second Isaiah*Ezra and Nehemiah*The Chronicler*The Psalter*The Wisdom Literature*The Maccabean Revolt*Judaism and the World of Jesus.

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