LPL Module - Understanding the OT
Outline of LPL Module
The Intensive Study Weekend Module provides:
- A survey and introduction to the 39 books in the Old Testament.
- Understanding the context of the Old Testament, i.e. its historical, cultural and socio-religious background.
You will be required to prepare answers to the following survey:
- How many books have you read in the OT?
- Name five OT scholars you know. Have you read their work?
- List five examples/items in the OT which you can identify in the NT.
- When was the last time you studied the OT as part of your serious readings? What are some of the lessons you have learned in that study?
- List five most recent sermons you have heard preached from the OT?
Please write short/brief notes for the above survey.
Please submit it on the day you attend class.
Resources:
- Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.
(Compulsory pre-reading for the course, except for NT Chapters 3,4,6,7,8,13)
- J. Drane, Introducing the Old Testament (Oxford: Lynx, 1987).
- W. Dumbrell, The Faith of Israel (London: Apollos, 1989).
- Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard, Understanding the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006, 2nd ed).
- William Sanford Lasor, David Allan Hubbard, Frederic William Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament 2nd Edition.
- Bruce K. Waltke and Charles Yu, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach.
Additional Resources:
- Fredrick Carlson Holmgren and Walter Brueggemann, The Old Testament and the Significance of Jesus: Embracing Change -Maintaining Christian Identity
- Gordon Wenham, The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms
- David Noel Friedman, The Unity of the Hebrew Bible (The Distinguished Senior Faculty Lecture Series)
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 24 - 25 May 2025 Emmanuel Methodist Church, PJ- Rev. Joshua Khong
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