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LECTURE SERIES
January 14 @ 10:45 am - 11:45 am
Introduction to Biblical Theology
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
