FRC

1
FRC
Church Leadership Certificate
NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
2
Comunicación y Gerencia

• Bius1110
• Introd. to Old Testament
• Studies

Professor Dr. David R. Lema, Jr.

• Click to add Text

3
Class I

• Video and Learning Activity 1
• Intro to Course and Syllabus
• Reading Assignments/Notebook
• Geography of OT (Ancient World Israel/Palestine)
  (Maps)
• Discussion of Origins/Pre-History
• Structure of OT and main themes
• Theology of OT/ Names of God
• Genesis

4
3. Reading Assignments and Notebook

• Readings
• Bible
• Survey by Benware
• Understanding Bible Handbook
• Notebook

5
4. Geography of OT

• Ancient World
• Empires of Ancient World
• Sumerian
• Egyptian
• Assyrian
• Babylonian
• Medo-Persian
• Palestine/Israel/Holy Land/Promised Land

6
(No Transcript)
7
Nations of Canaan
INDEX
8
Genesis

• Map of Area of Key Places

9
Abrahams Journey
INDEX
10
Abrahams Journey to Egypt
INDEX
11
Abraham in Canaan
INDEX
12
Exodus Major Events Map
INDEX
13
Twelve Tribes of Israel
INDEX
14
5. Discussion of Origins and Pre-History

• Bible is not a science text
• We know who
• We do not know the actual when
• We do not know the actual how
• We do not know much of the what
• We do not know exactly where
• We know why
• We BELIEVE the rest by FAITH

15
6. Structure of OT and Main Themes

• People
• Law
• Land
• Covenants
• History
• Theology
• Revelation

16
People Law Land
17
7. Theology of OT

• Who is God?
• Who created the universe (matter)?
• Who created mankind?
• Who is man (and woman)?
• How did evil come into the world?
• How does God reveal himself?
• What is Gods plan (purpose)?
• Etc., etc.,

18
Names of God in the Old Testament

• Elohim
• YWHW (Jehovah)
• Adonai
• El-Shaddai
• Yahweh Sabaoth
• El-Elyon
• El-Olam
• Etc.

19
Class II

• The Pentateuch
• Intro. Activity What is LAW?
• The People
• Genesis and Exodus
• The Law
• Leviticus, Numbers, and Deutoronomy
• The Land
• Joshua, Judges, and Ruth

20
8. Genesis

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Abraham and the Covenant
• Isaac, Jacob and Esau
• Joseph and his brothers

21
Exodus

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• The Exit
• The Ten Words
• The Tabernacle

22
Leviticus

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Yom Kippur
• Case Laws

23
Numbers

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Numbers in Numbers
• Entry Denied/Failures

24
Deuteronomy

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Second Law
• Joshua ordained
• Death of Moses

25
The Land (History)

• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth

26
Joshua

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Conquest
• Confirmation
• Death of Joshua

27
Judges

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Cycle of Sin and Redemption
• Practice of the Theocracy
• Anarchy

28
Ruth

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline
• Practice of Kinsman Redeemer
• Issue of immigration
• Subtle platform for King David stories

29
Class III

• Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom (Sapiential) Literature
  The Writings
• OT Poetry/Wisdom Books Job, Psalms, Proverbs,
  Eccles., Song of Solomon, Lamentations
• History 1 2 Samuel, 1 2 Kings, 1 2
  Chronicles

30
1. Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom

• The Writings KETHUBIM
• Structure
• Parallelism
• Meter (Accents)
• Literary Devices (Acrostics, Allegories, etc.)
• Themes
• Spiritual
• Sapiential
• Self-expression

31
The Writings/Kethubim

• Hebrew Bible TANAK
• Torah
• Nebiim
• Kethubim
• Kethubim includes
• All Poetry
• Some History
• Daniel

32
Kethubim

• Psalms
• Job
• Proverbs
• Ruth
• Song of Songs
• Ecclesiastes
• Lamentations
• Esther
• Daniel
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• 1 and 2 Chronicles (Last Book in Hebrew Bible/OT)

33
Structure of Heb. Poetry

• Parallelism (see next slide)
• Meter (accents)
• Literary and Poetic Devices
• Acrostics
• Allegories and Metaphors
• Word Play
• Alliteration
• Imagery, etc.

34
Parallelism

• Synonymous (2nd line repeats) Ps. 241
• Antithetic (2nd line contrasts) Ps. 379
• Synthetic (2nd line completes) Ps. 26
• Climatic (one builds upon other) Ps. 291
• Emblematic (each illustrates next) Ps. 421

35
2. OT Poetry/Wisdom

• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• Lamentations

36
(No Transcript)
37
Job Latin Iob

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

38
Psalms Heb. Tehillim

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

39
Proverbs ie Maxims

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

40
Ecclesiastes Heb. Koheleth

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

41
Song of Songs -- Canticles

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

42
Lamentations/Laments

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

43
3. History

• 1 and 2 Samuel
• 1 and 2 Kings
• 1 and 2 Chronicles

44
1 and 2 Samuel

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

45
1 and 2 Kings

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

46
1 and 2 Chronicles

• Author
• Date and Place
• Purpose
• Background
• Summary/Outline

47
Class IV

• The Prophets
• Pre-Exilic Prophets Obadiah, Joel, Jonah, Amos,
  Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah,
  Habakkuk

48
Divided Kingdom of Israel
Divided Kingdom
INDEX
49
The Prophets

• Hebrew Nebiim
• Second Part of TANAK or Heb. Bible
• Description of Role
• See Hebrew Triad
• Prophet
• Priest
• King
• See Hebrew Prophetess

50
The Exile (586 BC)

• Also known as Babylonian Captivity
• Lasted 70 yrs. More or less
• Result of Gods judgement
• Different eras
• Pre-exilic
• Exilic
• Post-Exilic
• Different scenarios

51
Assyrian Empire
INDEX
52
Babylonian Empire
INDEX
53
Persian Empire
INDEX
54
Temple History

• See ILUMINA presentation
• Tabernacle
• Solomons Temple - First
• Zerubbabels Temple - Second
• Herods Temple Third
• Fourth?

55
Cubit Diagram Sample
This is a sample page from The World of the
Bible a PowerPoint Sunday School Series from
eBibleteacher.com
INDEX
56
Tabernacle Schematics 3
Tabernacle
INDEX
57
Solomons Temple
INDEX
58
Herods Temple
Herods Temple
INDEX
59
Pre-Exilic Prophets

• Obadiah
• Joel
• Jonah
• Amos
• Hosea
• Isaiah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Zephaniah
• Jeremiah
• Habakkuk

60
Class V

• Class Roll
• Evaluations
• The Exile or Babylonian Captivity
• Exilic Prophets Daniel, Ezekiel
• Post-Exilic Prophets Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
• History Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
• Final Exam (By Email)
• Reflection Paper (By Email)

61
Final Exam

• Give a brief (1-3 sentences) description of each
  book in the Old Testament pointing out its main
  themes, features, and people.

62
The EXILE (s)

• Assyrian (722 BC)
• Babylonian (605/586 BC)
• Roman (70 AD)
• Spain (Middle Ages)
• Muslim occupations
• Shoah (Nazi Germani/Europe 20th C)

63
My Experience of Exile

• Unwanted experience/ Why me/us?
• Made me feel unwanted/ self-esteem
• Saw and experienced violence and abuse
• Homeless takes on a new meaning
• New Culture (s)
• New Language (s)
• New Identity (Lema vs Leema)
• New Questions for/of God

64
Exilic Prophets

• Daniel
• Ezekiel

65
Post Exilic Prophets

• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

66
History

• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther

67
Megilloth

• 5 shortest books in OT used in festivals
• Song of Solomon (Passover)
• Ruth (Pentecost)
• Lamentations (Day of Mourning-Temple)
• Ecclesiastes (Tabernacles)
• Esther (Purim)

68
Inter-Testamental Period

• Apocrypha
• Silent Years No Revelation
• 400 /- year period

69
NOBTS CENTER FOR THE AMERICAS
NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY