Lesson Six: Into the Kingdom of the Son

Lesson Goals To read the New Testament with understanding. To understand how the New Testament depicts Jesus as the fulfillment of the covenants of the Old Testament. To appreciate, especially,  the importance of God’s everlasting covenant with David for understanding the mission of Jesus and the Church as it is presented in the New Testament. Lesson Outline I. Course Introduction and…

Lesson Five: To Kingdom Come

Lesson Goals To finish reading the Old Testament (from Joshua to Malachi) and to read with understanding. To understand the broad outlines of the history of Israel in light of God’s covenant with Abraham. To appreciate the crucial importance of God’s everlasting covenant with David. Lesson Outline I. Review and Overview II. Entering the Promised Land A. Joshua at Jericho B. Barbs and…

Lesson Four: On the Way to the Promised Land

Lesson Goals To read the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy with understanding. To understand God’s covenant with Israel at Sinai and to see how this covenant looks forward to and is fulfilled in the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. To appreciate the key figures and events - Moses, the Passover, and the vocation of Israel as “a kingdom…

Lesson Three: East of Eden, Headed to Egypt

Lesson Goals To read Genesis 3-50 with understanding. To understand God’s covenants with Noah and with Abraham and to see how these covenants look forward to, and are fulfilled in the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. To appreciate the key figures in the story of Abraham - Melchizedek, circumcision, the sacrifice of Isaac - as they are interpreted in the Church’s…

Lesson Two: Creation, Fall and Promise

Lesson Goals To read Genesis 1-3 with understanding. To learn God’s “original intent” in creating man and woman. To understand the sin of Adam and Eve and understand God’s promise of a New Adam and a New Eve. Lesson Outline I. Review and Overview II. Man and Woman: The Original Image A. God’s First-Born Son B. Father of a Priestly People III. Falling Down A. Figures and…

Lesson One: How a Catholic Reads the Bible

Lesson Goals To learn how to read the Bible the way the Catholic Church has always read it. To understand the concepts of "salvation history" and "covenant" and their importance for reading the Bible. To learn the key points of the creation story in the Bible's first book, Genesis. Lesson Outline I. Course Introduction and Overview A. Reading the Bible Cover-to-Cover II. Going…

Genesis to Jesus

by Scott Hahn and David Scott St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology Lessons Description What is the Bible, where does it come from and what is its purpose? How are Catholics supposed to read the Bible and what story does it have to tell? These are the questions we take up in this “big picture” survey course. Following an introduction to…