Category: SS Lesson – Old Testament

  • OT Lesson 2 Study Notes: Abraham 3; Moses 4:1-4

    Abraham 3 Verses 1-19: Why did the Lord reveal these things to Abraham? More important: why did he think it important to reveal them to us? Verse 1: Why is it important that Abraham tell us that he received the revelation that follows through the Urim and Thummim? Verse 2: Assuming that the throne of…

  • OT Lesson 1 Study Notes: Moses 1

    OT Lesson 1 Study Notes: Moses 1

    As the title of this post says, these are notes for studying the lesson rather than for teaching it, though presumably one who studies the lesson will have material from which to teach it.

  • Studying the Old Testament

    Studying the Old Testament

    What are the scriptures for? How should we use them? How do we use them? “Proof-texting” is a procedure that begins by assuming we know the doctrines and then searches through the scriptures to find something to back up the belief. Because it begins with what we assume we know rather from what the scriptures…

  • Understanding the Old Testament

    Don’t expect Old Testament writers to have written their histories the way we would have written them.

  • What is the Old Testament?

    What is the Old Testament?

    The version of the Old Testament used by Protestants and Jews today contains 39 books. Catholic Bibles include 9 more books, as well as 2 additions to Daniel and 1 to Esther. At least some of those 9 additional books were used as scripture by Saints of the 1st century AD. For various reasons (mostly…

  • An Overview of Genesis

    It is daunting to be posting anything about scripture when Eric Huntsman is posting alongside. It ought to be daunting in any case, but it is easier to ignore the fact that I am a mere dabbler when my posts stand alone. In any case, I will be posting revised versions of my study questions…