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LECTURE SERIES
Introduction to Biblical Theology
Vermont Lutheran Church
2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 10:45 am
BRING YOUR BIBLE
Suggested Text: Harper-Collins Study Bible, NRSV
Taught by Rev. Rebecca Clancy
· Undergraduate at Smith College with a major in Religion.
· Graduate School at Chicago Theological Seminary with a focus on the Old Testament.
· Former faculty at Elmhurst University including teaching: The Development of the Dogmas of the Trinity, the Two Natures of Christ, and Original Sin; Emergence Christian Thought; Biblical Theology and a course on the theological responses to the Holocaust.
· Former pastor of First Congregation Church of Geneva, UCC
Topics:
Introducing the Bible: Three Interpretive Principles
Introducing the Old Testament: Three Theological Themes
The Old Testament:
The Epic Saga of Israel’s Origins: Creation through the Wandering
Genesis: Ch.2:4-Ch.12; Ch.15-Ch.22; Ch.24-Ch.25; Ch.27-Ch.33; Ch.37-Ch.50
Exodus: Ch.1-Ch.21
The Central History: Joshua, Judges, and the Rise of the Monarchy
Joshua: Ch.1-Ch.8; Ch. 23-24
Judges: Ch.1-Ch.5
I Samuel: Ch.1-18; Ch.28-31
II Samuel: Ch.1-Ch.7; Ch.11-Ch.12
I Kings: Ch.1-12; Ch.16:29-Ch.22
II Kings: Ch.1-Ch.10
The Phenomenon of Prophecy
Amos: Entire
Hosea: Entire
Isaiah: Ch.1-2; Ch.6-Ch.9; Ch.11
Deuteronomy: Ch.1:1-5; Ch.4-Ch.22
II Kings: Ch.22-Ch.25
Jeremiah: Ch.1-Ch.4; Ch.7; Ch.20-7:18; Ch.26; Ch.31-32
The Exile
Genesis: Ch.1-Ch.2:4
Isaiah: Ch.40-55
The Restoration
Jonah: Entire
Ruth: Entire
Apocalypticism
Daniel: Ch.7, Ch.12
New Testament:
Matthew, Mark, and Luke
Mark: Entire
Matthew: Entire
Luke: Entire
John’s Gospel
John: Entire
The Early Church and the Apostle Paul
Acts: Ch.2; Ch.7-Ch.11
Galatians: Entire
I Corinthians: Entire