ET SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

 

BIBLE BUFFET

 

Spring 2011

 

William P. “Bill” Griffin, Ph.D.

griffinw@evangel.edu

drbill.net

Griffin’s music

 

 

INFORMATION FOR EACH WEEK

 

April 9: Old Testament Timeline

          Whiteboard

 

April 17: God Said (God’s communication w/humanity in the Bible)

          God Said (by Bill & Terry Griffin)

                   The Study

                   Summary

 

May 1: Dead Sea Scrolls (week 1)

          Background information

          Textual Families (whiteboard)

          KJV Revisions (whiteboard)

 

May 8: The Old Testament’s View of Occult Practices

 

May 15: Dead Sea Scrolls (week 2)

          Translations of comparisons of the DSS to the Hebrew OT as we know it (the MT).

 

May 22: Names of God

          Listing of names of God in the OT (this is quite long)

          Jesus terms in the NT

 

June:

Civil and Criminal Law in the OT

 

July 10, 2011: The poor

How the OT says we should deal with the vulnerable in society

          The New Testament and Giving (An excerpt from a study on tithing)

 

July 17, 2011: The 10 Commandments

          The Sabbath      

 

Other Topic ideas:

 

Biblical Archaeology

          Slides

 

Biblical Geography

          Slides

 

Ancient Jewish Bible interpretation (Rabbinics) and how knowing about it helps you understand the New Testament

 

Hebrew Poetry and how a knowledge of it helps you understand your English Bible

          Elements of Hebrew Poetry

          Psalm 103—A Literal Translation and Layout, Showing Parallelism

          Psalm 19 English Layout

 

RESOURCES

My websites and links:

 

drbill.net

Griffin’s music

isitinthebible.com

 

Websites with Bible texts and Bible search engines:

 

www.blueletterbible.org

www.biblegateway.com