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Contents Page Contents Page: ....................................................................................................................................... 1 LECTURE 1: ............................................................................................................................................. 2 LECTURE 2: ............................................................................................................................................. 5 LECTURE 3: ............................................................................................................................................. 8 LECTURE 4: ........................................................................................................................................... 14 LECTURE 5 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 LECTURE 6: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24 LECTURE 7: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 LECTURE 8: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 34 LECTURE 9: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40 LECTURE 10: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 43 LECTURE 11: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 50 LECTURE 12: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
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Lecture 1: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
What is Biblical Studies? -
Bible plays a role in other religions/traditions Where we come from/why we think and believe what we believe Ethical considerations are heavily grounded in the bible
Who Gets to Interpret the Bible? -
Everyone – not just qualified/higher positioned people Bible is out-dated Bible has become something “forced” due to being the only way we have been taught
What are we doing here? -
Know what is in the bible Learning methods to read & interpret the bible Building skills and confidence to comprehend and interpret the bible Skills to answer all types of questions about the bible
Key Notes: -
Bible is written by hand – years and years of experience and qualification Dead sea scrolls -7 ½ metres long - Read from right to left (Hebrew) Physical dimension with the way we read the text – affects the way we approach it
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Codex Sinaiticus – 4 century – contains the entire bible (old & new testament) – popular amongst Christians 4 gospels contained in the new testament Codex is unlimited on how long each gospel can go for – whereas the scroll limits to about 7.5m for each gospel Papyrus is the term used for the quality of paper used for bibles – expensive Bible is mainly passing on stories/key issues
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LECTURE 2: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
Skills needed to read the Bible well: • •
Open mind Determine who the audience is
Three Worlds of Text: The World Behind the text (WHAT?) • • • • • • • •
Understanding what really happened at the time and what motivated the writer Understanding the history of the time and place WHEN the writer wrote & WHY They had a PUROSE to write Four gospels had different stories about Jesus Cultural context – what culture they are – Jews, Christians Social context – how they relate Historical context o
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Understand the historical context & understand the meaning of an event that took place at the time Literal context The situation in which the text existed The cultural context in which the writer was in and the reader Bible came in 2000 years ago What do I need to know about the historical context in order to understand the text? What events happened at the time of the text being written?
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LECTURE 5: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
Existence of Other Gospels: Luke’s gospels explain who Jesus was understand what was important about who Jesus was • Clement was an important early Christian famous for his letter to the Corinthians •
Criteria of Canonicity (included in the New Testament): 1. Apostolicity – can the material be traced to the apostles (within a generation) 2. Catholicity – are the teachings recognised by the whole church? (Before the Catholic Church was established as an institution, before it got recognised by most of the church. 3. Orthodoxy – is this in line with the Gospel as it was understood? Is the teaching found in the New Testament in line with the teachings of the Jesus? Some letters don’t make it into the gospels because the teachings are not good - Paul says in some of his letters that he had a special encounter with the rising of Jesus (firsthand knowledge) – not official
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The Four Covenants: 1. Noah’s Covenant 2. Abraham’s Covenant – The Promise Land - Promises of Land and Descendants (Children) 3. The Covenant of Mount Sinai – The Book of Exodus 4. Covenant: Partnership between god and humanity – covenant between god and king David
EXILE AND RETURN: The Rise of Assyria: • middle of the 700’s Assyrians took over majority of the empires Israel exiled (722/1 BCE 2 Kings 17): • major turning point • two different kingdoms in the period of the monarchy – 20 kings in north, 20 kings in the south • army of Assyrian comes to defeat is because they have been unfaithful to the covenant and God • biblical writers look at this and ask why this has happened • the king of Assyria and carried the Israelites away because of the covenant and “the people of Israel sinned against the lord their god, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the handoff pharaoh king of Egypt.” • The prophets should be viewed people that speak from their own time and state that the Assyrians are coming. – The prophets are sometimes referred to as “the guardians” of the covenant.
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LECTURE 12: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
THE EXILE AFTER THE EXODUS: Biblical Books(s)
Subject:
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
The wilderness years
Joshua
The conquest and settlement of Canaan
Judges, Ruth
The pre-monarchic period
1 & 2 Samuels (Prophet)
Saul and David: Israel’s first kings - Looks like a judge/magistrate - Look after the welfare of the nation
1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
- The division of the northern and southern kingdoms - The kings of Israel and Judah - The Assyrian Exile (722/1 BCE) - The Babylonian Exile (587/6 BCE) - The people continually turn their backs on god and go their own way
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Lecture 1: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
What is Biblical Studies? -
Bible plays a role in other religions/traditions Where we come from/why we think and believe what we believe Ethical considerations are heavily grounded in the bible
Who Gets to Interpret the Bible? -
Everyone – not just qualified/higher positioned people Bible is out-dated Bible has become something “forced” due to being the only way we have been taught
What are we doing here? -
Know what is in the bible Learning methods to read & interpret the bible Building skills and confidence to comprehend and interpret the bible Skills to answer all types of questions about the bible
Key Notes: -
Bible is written by hand – years and years of experience and qualification Dead sea scrolls -7 ½ metres long - Read from right to left (Hebrew) Physical dimension with the way we read the text – affects the way we approach it
-
Codex Sinaiticus – 4 century – contains the entire bible (old & new testament) – popular amongst Christians 4 gospels contained in the new testament Codex is unlimited on how long each gospel can go for – whereas the scroll limits to about 7.5m for each gospel Papyrus is the term used for the quality of paper used for bibles – expensive Bible is mainly passing on stories/key issues
-
-
Australian Catholic University THBS100 Semester 1, 2017
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LECTURE 2: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
Skills needed to read the Bible well: • •
Open mind Determine who the audience is
Three Worlds of Text: The World Behind the text (WHAT?) • • • • • • • •
Understanding what really happened at the time and what motivated the writer Understanding the history of the time and place WHEN the writer wrote & WHY They had a PUROSE to write Four gospels had different stories about Jesus Cultural context – what culture they are – Jews, Christians Social context – how they relate Historical context o
• • • • • •
Understand the historical context & understand the meaning of an event that took place at the time Literal context The situation in which the text existed The cultural context in which the writer was in and the reader Bible came in 2000 years ago What do I need to know about the historical context in order to understand the text? What events happened at the time of the text being written?
Australian Catholic University THBS100 Semester 1, 2017
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LECTURE 5: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
Existence of Other Gospels: Luke’s gospels explain who Jesus was understand what was important about who Jesus was • Clement was an important early Christian famous for his letter to the Corinthians •
Criteria of Canonicity (included in the New Testament): 1. Apostolicity – can the material be traced to the apostles (within a generation) 2. Catholicity – are the teachings recognised by the whole church? (Before the Catholic Church was established as an institution, before it got recognised by most of the church. 3. Orthodoxy – is this in line with the Gospel as it was understood? Is the teaching found in the New Testament in line with the teachings of the Jesus? Some letters don’t make it into the gospels because the teachings are not good - Paul says in some of his letters that he had a special encounter with the rising of Jesus (firsthand knowledge) – not official
Australian Catholic University THBS100 Semester 1, 2017
56
The Four Covenants: 1. Noah’s Covenant 2. Abraham’s Covenant – The Promise Land - Promises of Land and Descendants (Children) 3. The Covenant of Mount Sinai – The Book of Exodus 4. Covenant: Partnership between god and humanity – covenant between god and king David
EXILE AND RETURN: The Rise of Assyria: • middle of the 700’s Assyrians took over majority of the empires Israel exiled (722/1 BCE 2 Kings 17): • major turning point • two different kingdoms in the period of the monarchy – 20 kings in north, 20 kings in the south • army of Assyrian comes to defeat is because they have been unfaithful to the covenant and God • biblical writers look at this and ask why this has happened • the king of Assyria and carried the Israelites away because of the covenant and “the people of Israel sinned against the lord their god, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the handoff pharaoh king of Egypt.” • The prophets should be viewed people that speak from their own time and state that the Assyrians are coming. – The prophets are sometimes referred to as “the guardians” of the covenant.
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LECTURE 12: THBS100 – Introduction to the Bible
THE EXILE AFTER THE EXODUS: Biblical Books(s)
Subject:
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
The wilderness years
Joshua
The conquest and settlement of Canaan
Judges, Ruth
The pre-monarchic period
1 & 2 Samuels (Prophet)
Saul and David: Israel’s first kings - Looks like a judge/magistrate - Look after the welfare of the nation
1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
- The division of the northern and southern kingdoms - The kings of Israel and Judah - The Assyrian Exile (722/1 BCE) - The Babylonian Exile (587/6 BCE) - The people continually turn their backs on god and go their own way
