This week, we will get into the content of our course materials. Some of you may have started last week.
In your first post, tell us the title of your book or DVD course. Then divide the number of chapters you have left by 7. Round off that answer, and that process will tell you how many chapters or lessons we will discuss this week. Give us the titles of those lessons or chapters (for this week.) For your second and third posts, ask the other student(s) questions about two of their chapters--include a two (or more) sentence comment along with each question.
For your remaining posts, answer the questions asked and also provide short chapter summaries if you wish.
After (or before if we are sure we will get them in) we get in the nine required posts, we can go back and forth with shorter comments or phrases. Humor is good when appropriate.
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Good Morning.. The title of my book is The Bible Jesus Read by Philip Yancey. It has 7 Chapters so I will cover 1 a week. This weeks chapter is called Is the Old Testament Worth the Effort?
The beginning of this book starts with the author confessing his ignorance of the old testament. How he perceived it to be not as important as the new testament because is was pre Jesus. I have spoken with some people who feel the same way. Any comments?
He also brings up thoughts on how it is written in a distant time of ours and how God is in some ways perceived as being a tyrant. He also brings up hwo it seems erratic in its form. Meaning its broken up into historical, prohetic and poetry forms.
All in all he comes to the conclusion in the 1st chapter on thoughts that are similar to mine when it comes to the old testament. After I read it the 1st time I was overwhelmed by how it relates to life. Then after reading it more I started paying more attention to what God was doing thru all of it. Thats when I think I realized the importance of it. It gives us an idea of who He is. The rest of these chapters are on specific books. Does anyone have any comments on how they perceive the old old testament and what it has done or is doing for them?
Good Morning! I forgot to ask Tyler last night about his DVD course. I havent had one yet so I'm not sure how it works with your book. So far in the book the 1st chapter is about the Old testament as a whole and then the next one is on the book of Job.
The title of my DVD course is OT Survey: Poetry and Prophecy. The instructor is Dr. Garnet Reid. I will be covering three DVDs this week.
I must confess that I used to feel just like the author did. When I first got back to God, I didn't even read it. God, however, started to slowly lead me to the Old Testament. Now I find just as much in the O.T. as I do in the N.T.
God has really guded me into the Old Testament, especially since I have been called to preach. I sometimes find myself going back to it for context in my messages. I really like Isaiah and Daniel. They really point to Christ in those prophecies.
Sean, What is the effort involved in dealing with the Old Testament? Has the author related the Old Covenant to the New Covenant yet? Also, has the author mentioned anything about the purpose of the Law in our lives?
Tyler,
What are the titles or topics of the lessons for your DVD's?
One thing the New Testament tells us about the Old Testament is that the things recorded there were ensamples (examples) for us.
Has Dr. Reid made any comparison between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant yet?
Has he disussed the purpose of the Law yet?
There really is not any "title" to the DVDs in this course. The topics have been aboout the characteristics of Hebrew poetry. The instructor has been talking about figures of speech that are used often in this type of poetry.
Dr. Reid has talked about the difference between law and wisdom. He gave several examples of the differences between the two. My favorite was the sportscasters example. The "play by play" man is like the law, he tells what is happening at all times. The "color commentator" is always the ex-athelete and tells the whys and hows. He is like wisdom.
I think that the Old Testament is extremely important in understanding God's plan. Some people that I know don't even consider the O.T. to be important. What do you say to people in these situations?
In response to Rany's questions, 1. The effort the author talks of is just purposing himself to read it. One of his points is that it is very important to read it because as the title says, it is the Bible Jesus read.
I would say most dont read it because ones that already go to church hear some stories so they figure why read them.
This author has not really talked much of the Old Covenant & New Covenant that I remember.I belive he'll cover more of that later as he breaks down the books.
This DVD was about an intro to the book of Job. Dr. Reid brought up several reasons why people think that it happened about 2000B.C. People have many different opinions on when the book was written. He talked about those also.
The instructor also talked about where Job lived. The bible says that he lived in the land of Uz.(pronounced ooohz) Most people think that this was near Edom. This is because two of his friends were from that area.
I have many say that Job is one of the oldest books in the Bible. One reason was because there was no mention of the Law. Were other reasons given for a "very old book" view? Also, what were some arguments for a different dating view?
We realize that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. That certainly includes the Old Testament Scriptures as well as the New.
Bryan Chapell, in his book, [i]Christ-Centered Preaching[/i], gives a good way to preach on the Old Testament in light of the New Testament.
They think that job was old because the names of God were like in the patriarchal era. The name used the most was El Shaddai, it was used thirty-one times in the book of Job. Another reason is wealth wa measured in livestock and a piece of silver was called a "kesitah". This was only used in the early second century B.C.
Dr. Reid really didn't discuss the other dating views. He did talk about the different views of the writing date. Jewish belief is that Moses wrote it during about 1500 B.C. Others believe that it was written during Solomon's time. Still yet others think that Jeremiah wrote it and some think that it was written during the Babylonian captivity. I think that it was written shortly after it actually happened. It may have been written by Job himself. He did live 140 years after the restoration.
Tyler, I tend to agree with you that the book might have been written by Job, himself, and that it was written very early in history. The other dates of writing are interesting. If any of them did happen, I would (subjectivly) lean toward Moses, but I think Job was more likely to have written it.
Job is what I'll cover this next week, I dont recall it talking about when it was written. But it does have some good insights in it.
Sean, we will look forward to your insights about Job next week. For today, you could, if you wish, give us a couple of posts describing some of the most significant things that stand out to you from your current chapter
Tyler, your mention of "ketsitah" was interesting. This is called the use of an "extra-biblical" source. That means something outside of the Bible confirms something contained in the Bible.
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