A New Look at the Old Testament

About This Product This unit shows how the Old Testament has been handled by thoughtful and honest theologians throughout the centuries and how we should look at it today. It explores: "Why the Old Testament" and "How can we study the Old Testament". Proper Bible study method, the recurring foundation or themes of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament as it relates to the New Testament will be the respective focal points of the lessons.

Lesson 1: Why Does a Christian Need the Old Testament?--This lesson can be a typical (ho-hum) study of some typical (yawn) passages, or you can challenge your students to carefully--and quite likely uncomfortably--ask some important questions regarding a widely recognized, yet often ignored and just as often misunderstood, source of their faith, the Old Testament. (Selected references from a variety of Old Testament sources)

Lesson 2: The Covenant Concept: The Heart of the Old Testament--One major key to unlocking the mysteries of Scripture in general, and the Old Testament in particular, is a working understanding of the concept of covenant found there. That is the purpose of this lesson. (Ge 1:28; 2:15-17; 6:11-22; 9:1-17; 12:1-9; Deut 11:1-32; 2 Sam 7:8-16; Jer 31:31-34)

Lesson 3: Four Old Testament Ideas: Then and Now--This lesson looks at the words law, priests, sacrifice, and temple, which we inherited from the Old Testament religion, and sees if and how we think about those terms today. (Ex 12:21-27; 19:1-6; 25:8; Matt 7:12; 22:37-39; Rom 3:21-22, 31; 12:1; Heb 4:15-16; 7:1-8:6; 10:11-12, 14; 1 Pe 2:5, 9)

Lesson 4: From the Old Testament to the New--Without denying the fact that surface discontinuities between the Old and the New Testament exist, Christians believe that Jesus Christ has fulfilled the intent of the Old Testament for the Church. Christians, therefore, must seek to discover the underlying continuities between the Testaments amid the distractions of discontinuities. (Is 49-55; Mk 14-16) Topics: Covenants, Covenant, Jesus, Laws, Law, Old Testament, Sacrifice, Temple