Don Dillard has graciously offered to lead this new series every Sunday for eight weeks, presenting a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Scriptures. Everyone is invited to join in beginning September 8. We’ll meet in the Conference Room at 9:30 AM.

SEPTEMBER 8:
INTRO TO INTRO TO THE SCRIPTURES: what are they, how did they come to be recognized as scripture, when was “consensus,” what was left out, how are we to regard their “authority” Sid Hall, “God references are of necessity metaphorical.” A “true” story or one that accurately portrays actual events?

SEPTEMBER 15:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES:  Torah, TANAKH, Talmud: the stories of how they were “given” and the resulting duty to study.

SEPTEMBER 22:
DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS: JEPD+, Scholars read with a scholarly eye.  We can see clear evidence of different editors, styles, expected readers, themes, and objectives.  

SEPTEMBER 29:
REVISIT WITH ADULT EYES: Noah’s God, Justifying slavery?,Hagar and Ishmael, Joshua, Yael, Sampson, David

OCTOBER 6
THE PROPHETS: Everyone must come to God individually versus we all have a duty to live authentically in community which has a duty to God.  Peace, justice, respect, cooperation as the way of honoring God.

OCTOBER 13
GOSPELS AND ACTS: Q, quelle, the source:  Synoptics, John: time frames, objectives, “editor(s)”:  We misunderstand these stories when we synchronize these different stories which have different authors, themes, and different essential teachings.

OCTOBER 20
PAUL:  The Pauline literature is generally considered to have 13 canonical books.  Scholars organize into three groups which some characterize as:  Radical Paul,  Conservative  Paul, and Reactionary Paul.   

OCTOBER 27
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE: Considering the scriptural books that address “end times.” Isaiah 24.27,33,and 56-66, Daniel 7-12, Ezekiel 37-48 and Revelation4-22.