1. Watch Where Did the Bible Come From?
Action: Choose a book of the Bible and discuss who wrote it. What is the evidence that person wrote the book?
2. Watch History of Bible Translation
and Choosing a Bible Translation
Action: Research your favorite translation of the Bible. Who commissioned it and why? How is it different from other translations?
3. Read How to Interpret the Bible
Action: Choose a short passage from the Bible and compare the text in at least 5 different translations. Point out the differences between the translations. Do the differences change the meaning of the text? How so? Which do you feel is the best translation?
Action: Choose a word in the Old Testament and conduct a word study using blueletterbible.org as described in the reading above. What different meanings can the word have? Give examples. What is the essence of the word?
Action: Choose a word in the New Testament and conduct a word study using blueletterbible.org as described in the reading above. What different meanings can the word have? Give examples. What is the essence of the word?
4. Watch the following videos. Action: Take notes of each.
What is the Bible?
The Story of the Bible
Literary Styles in the Bible
Ancient Jewish Meditation Literature
Plot in Biblical Narrative
Character in Biblical Narrative
Setting in Biblical Narrative
Design Patterns in Biblical Narrative
The Art of Biblical Poetry
Metaphor in Biblical Poetry
The Book of Psalms
The Prophets
Biblical Law
The Books of Solomon
The Gospels
The Parables of Jesus
Historical Context of the New Testament Letters
Literary Context of the New Testament Letters
Apocalypse
5. Read How to Study the Bible
Action: Do a Bible study using the method described in the reading. Write out your thoughts as you proceed through the steps.
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