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How to Study the Bible

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How to Study the Bible

Week 1 — Foundations of Bible Study

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Lesson 1 - Why Bible Study?

Lesson 2 - Then and Now - The Barriers for Reading the Bible

Lecture 3: Why Genre Matters — Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

Lecture 4: Tools and Methods for Studying Any Biblical Genre

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Week 2 — How to Study the Law (Torah/Pentateuch)

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Lecture 5: Introduction to the Law — Genesis through Deuteronomy

Lecture 6: Interpreting the Law for Today

Week 3 — How to Study the Historical Books, Part 1

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Lecture 7: Introduction to Old Testament Narrativ

Lecture 8: Principles for Interpreting Historical Narrative

Week 4 — How to Study the Historical Books, Part 2

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Lecture 9: Reading for Theological Themes Across the Historical Books

Lecture 10: Practical Workshop — Studying a Historical Passage

Week 5 — How to Study Wisdom Literature

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Lecture 11: Introduction to Biblical Wisdom

Lecture 12: Interpreting Each Wisdom Book

Week 6 — How to Study the Psalms

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Lecture 13: The Psalms as a Unique Genre — Poetry, Prayer, and Worship

Lecture 14: Interpreting and Applying the Psalms

Week 7 — How to Study the Prophets, Part 1

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Lecture 15: Introduction to Prophetic Literature

Lecture 16: Principles for Interpreting the Prophets

Week 8 — How to Study the Prophets, Part 2

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Lecture 17: Prophecy and Fulfillment — Reading the Prophets Canonically

Lecture 18: Practical Workshop — Studying a Prophetic Passage

Week 9 — How to Study the Gospels

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Lecture 19: Introduction to the Gospels as a Genre

Lecture 20: Principles for Interpreting the Gospels

Week 10 — How to Study the Gospels, Part 2 & How to Study Acts

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Lecture 21: Advanced Gospel Study — Redaction, Theology, and Application

Lecture 22: How to Study the Book of Acts

Week 11 — How to Study the Epistles

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Lecture 23: Introduction to the Epistles — Letters in Context

Lecture 24: Interpreting and Applying the Epistles

Week 12 — How to Study Apocalyptic Literature & Revelation

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Lecture 25: Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature and the Book of Revelation

Lecture 26: Interpreting Revelation and Course Synthesis

About Dr. Joel Madasu

Dr. Joel Madasu's desire is to teach the Word of God to as many people as possible so they can gain the skills to read and understand it. He has a Ph.D in the Old Testament from Piedmont International University. His dissertation was on the syntactic analysis of the Existential Particle in Biblical Hebrew.

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