| Date |
Topic |
Goals |
Assignee |
| Wed 08/31 |
Introduction to the Old Testament |
- What is the Bible?
- What is inspiration?
- Why to read the Bible?
- Story of the Old Testament?
- Relation to the New Testament
|
Morcous |
| Wed 09/07 |
Introduction to Genesis |
- Authorship
- Structure
- Symbolic or Literal?
- Science vs Religion
- God's revelation to Mankind through Nature and Scripture
- Why learn Genesis?
|
Morcous |
| Wed 09/14 |
Genesis 1:1-2 |
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth"
- What is "the beginning"
- Who is "God"
- How did God "create"
- What are "the heaven and the earth"
|
Morcous |
| Wed 09/21 |
Genesis 1-2: Creation |
- Memorize the Seven Days of Creation
- The Bible is not a Scientific Textbook
- Answer questions like:
- how is there light before the Sun is created
- Did God create darkness?
- Apologetics related to Creation
- Don't discuss the Making of Man or "Image of God" in detail, that will be discussed next week
|
Morcous |
| Wed 09/28 |
Genesis 1: Making of Man |
- The Lord prepared all of Creation for Man
- Image and Likeness of God
- How do we grow in the Likeness of God
- How is this concept related to the rest of the Holy Scripture and the economy of Salvation?
- Male and Female
- Breath of Life
- Be Fruitful and Multiply
- Seventh Day God rested
|
Rafeek |
| Wed 10/05 |
Genesis 2: Garden of Eden |
- The Rivers of Baptism
- The Tree of Life (Eucharist)
- Marriage
- Man's state in the garden
- Relate this Paradise to the Paradise described in Revelation
|
Lisa |
| Wed 10/12 |
Genesis 3: The Fall of Man
|
- Why did God give a commandment?
- What is free will?
- Relate the temptation of Eve with the temptation of Christ and with the verse in St John "the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the pride of life"
- How can we overcome Temptation?
- What are the effects of sin?
- Their eyes were opened
- They tried to handle the situation on their own
- Shame and hiding
- Blame and pointing the finger
- Sin leads to sin
- God came looking for them and gave them a chance to repent
- What are the Consequences of Sin
- Can we blame Adam and Eve?
- In the Liturgy of St Basil, Abouna describes this event as "we did xyz"
- In the Liturgy of St Gregory, Abouna describes this event as "I did xyz"
|
Mina |
| Wed 10/19 |
Genesis 4-5: Cain and Abel |
- Why was Abel's sacrifice acceptable and Cain's not?
- The Lord seeks out Cain and wants him to repent
- Sin leads to sin
- Jealousy --> Murder --> Lying --> ???
- Punishment of Cain versus punishment of Adam
- Evil of Lamech
- Example of the behavior of Cain's descendants
- Cain's way is becoming the way of the land... opposite of God's will for Adam and Eve
- This is a precursor to the Flood and Noah
- Genealogy of Adam (Seth)
- What are the big numbers of ages?
- Who is Enoch? What does it mean to "Walk with God"
- Etymology of the names
|
Andrew |
| Wed 10/26 |
Genesis 6-9: Noah (Part 1) |
- Sons of man and daughters of God
- What does it mean? (SethiteView vs Nephilim)
- The Lord was sorry that He had made man
- Did the Lord make a mistake? Can God make a mistake?
- God's love for us and God's hatred of evil
- Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
- Just!
- Perfect!
- Walked with God!
- Design of the Ark
- Allegorical Interpretations of it by Origen
- Entrance into the Ark
|
Mirolla |
| Wed 11/02 |
Genesis 6-9: Noah (Part 2) |
- The dove
- Noah built an altar and offered a sacrifice
- The New Covenant
- The Rainbow
- Be fruitful and multiply
- Noah's Drunkenness
- Canaan's Punishment
|
Mirolla |
| Wed 11/09 |
Genesis 10-11: Tower of Babel |
- Genealogy of Noah
- Some common names like Mizraim (Misr - Egypt), Canaan, Assyria, etc.
- Purpose of Genealogy
- Tower of Babel
- Why would they do this?
- What does it mean for God to "come down and see"
- Scrambling of the Languages
- Compare with Pentecost
|
Maivel |
| Wed 11/16 |
Review and Bible Jeopardy |
|
Morcous |
| Wed 11/23 |
No Bible Study |
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