Bible Study Syllabus (Genesis)
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This is the syllabus used when the Bible study was reading the book of Genesis, in the summer of 2008. Throughout the study of the book of Genesis we used Leon R Kass' commentary called The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis.
Schedule
May 13
Topic
Genesis 1
Readings
- Chapter 1 of Kass's Commentary
- Selections from Barth's Church Dogmatics
May 20
Topic
Genesis 2 & 3
Readings
Chapters 2 & 3 of Kass's Commentary
May 27
Topic
Genesis 4 & 5
Readings
- Chapter 4 of Kass's Commentary
- Forward and chapter "The Founding Murder" from I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by Rene Girard
June 3
Topic
Genesis 6
Readings
- Chapter 5 of Kass's Commentary
- "The Virtues in Heroic Societies" by Alasdair MacIntyre
June 10
Topic
Genesis 7 & 8
Readings
- Chapter 6 of Kass's Commentary
- Commentary on Genesis 8 by John Calvin
June 17
Topic
Genesis 9: 18-28
Readings
- Chapter 7 of Kass's Commentary
- Straight Dope on Drunken Noah. Note that there are actually two pages to this website (I originally and accidentally sent out only page 2). The first page is about the text and the second about the historical use of the text. Feel free to read one or both. I look forward to questions and discussion in the forum.
June 24
Topic
Genesis 10 & 11
Readings
- Chapter 8 of Kass's Commentary
- God Came Down... and God Scattered: Acts of Punishment or Acts of Grace? by Nancy deClaisse-Walford
July 1
Topic
Genesis 10 & 11
Readings
- Chapter 9 of Kass's Commentary
July 8
Topic
Abraham and Sarah
Readings
- Chapter 10 of Kass's Commentary
- Two devotional passages from Charles Spurgeon on God's promises: one two
- Abraham in Egypt: A Collation of Evidence for the Case of the Missing Wife by Thomas W. Mackay - A Mormon analysis of Abram and Sarai in Egypt
July 15
Topic
Patriarchy
Readings
- Chapter 11 of Kass's Commentary
July 22
Topic
"Inheriting the Way", from Abraham to Isaac
Readings
- Chapter 12 of Kass's Commentary