Before looking in detail at the scriptures for this week, consider the following possible chiastic parallels between the story of Moses’s life and the story of Israel’s experience. Of course parallels are what we make of them. Some may see…
Category: SS Lesson – Old Testament
OT Lesson 12 Study Notes: Genesis 40-45
OT Lesson 11 Study Notes: Genesis 34 and 37-39
OT Lesson 10 Study Notes: Genesis 24-29
OT Lesson 9 Study Notes: Abraham 1; Genesis 15-17, 21-22
I repeat the reminder: these are notes for study rather than notes for a lesson. Of course study notes can help one prepare a lesson, but my intention is less to help teachers prepare lessons (though I have no objection…
OT Lesson 8 Study Notes: Genesis 13-14, 18-19
OT Lesson 7 Study Notes: Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9
OT Lesson 6 Study Notes: Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:11-24; 8:1-22; 9:8-17; 11:1-9
Moses 8 Verse 9: The Hebrew of Genesis 5:29 shows us that Noah’s name means “rest.” How does his father, Lamech, explain the name? Is Noah’s name significant to the story of the flood? Verses 19-21: Why don’t the people…
OT Lesson 5 Study Notes: Moses 5-7
OT Lesson 4 Study Notes: Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62
OT Lesson 3 Study Notes: Moses 1:27-42, Moses 2-3
A reminder about these notes: They are intended to help people study the assigned material for this week’s Sunday School lesson. They are not intended as an outline for how to teach that lesson, though I assume that by studying…
OT Lesson 2 Study Notes: Abraham 3; Moses 4:1-4
Abraham 3 Verses 1-19: Why did the Lord reveal these things to Abraham? More important: why did he think it important to reveal them to us? Verse 1: Why is it important that Abraham tell us that he received the…
OT Lesson 1 Study Notes: Moses 1
Studying the Old Testament
Understanding the Old Testament
Don’t expect Old Testament writers to have written their histories the way we would have written them.
What is the Old Testament?
An Overview of Genesis
It is daunting to be posting anything about scripture when Eric Huntsman is posting alongside. It ought to be daunting in any case, but it is easier to ignore the fact that I am a mere dabbler when my posts…