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Reading Assignment |
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Topic 1 Overview |
Winnail - The
Bible: Fact or Fiction
Millich - The
Bible - Foundation of Knowledge or Ignorance |
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Topic 2 The Bible
Questioned |
Meredith -
Satan’s Attack on the Bible
Meredith - The
Bible or Human Tradition? |
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Topic 3 Inspiration
of the Bible |
Ogwyn - How Did
We Get the Bible?
Winnail - Can
You Believe the Bible? |
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Topic 4 The Bible as
God's Word |
Meredith - Does
The Bible Really Mean What It Says?
Ames -
Principles of Bible Study |
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Lecture Assignment |
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Watch |
Download |
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Lecture 1 - The Foundation of Knowledge |
Part I Part II |
Part I Part II |
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Lecture 2 - The Bible - A Book for Today |
Part I Part II |
Part I Part II |
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Words and Phrases |
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Know the
following words and phrases: |
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apocryphal books
canon
celibacy
cherub
cult
Cyril of Jerusalem
Dead Sea Scrolls
Ebla tablets
Gnosticism |
Gospel
inspiration
Jerome
Josephus
Latin Vulgate Bible
Masoretes
Merneptah Stela
mysticism
Nag Hammadi Documents |
Origen
Pentateuch
prophecy
Reformation
scribe
Scripture
Septuagint
Talmudists
Veda |
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Drill and Practice Quiz |
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Take the
Lesson 1 Quiz. It is an open book quiz, with no time limit, worth 25
points. |
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Writing Assignment |
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Carefully
write a short essay for each question. Before beginning your essays,
carefully review the section
How to Answer an
Essay Question. This assignment is
worth 50 points. To submit a completed assignment upload your work
through the Assignments link.
1. Explain what is meant by "The Word of God is the
Foundation of Knowledge." What does this understanding suggest for a
university education?
2. List and provide evidence, at least five points, that the Hebrew
Scriptures are the divinely inspired word of God. |