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Caution: Easton's Bible dictionary was published in the late 1800's. It is full of good stuff. Still, it does not reflect archaeological discoveries and other biblical knowledge advances of the last 100 years. |
"Bib-Lit", as it's called on the SNU campus, is a Bible content course that aims to stamp out biblical illiteracy! [ read more ]
This entry-level course gives students a grasp of basic Bible facts. We meet 80 Bible characters and look at 15 key chapters. We learn at least one phrase about the content of every Bible book. By the end of the course, we're writing the entire story of the Bible in one page.
Class resources including assignments, due dates, and exam study guides
- Syllabus [ click here ]
- Due dates for assignments and exams [ deadlines calendar ]
- 15 key chapters of the Bible
- Bible Study assignments
- Map assignments. Need a map sheet? Click on the numbers to retrieve maps in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
1 | 2 | 3- PowerPoint: Contents of each of the Bible books or writings
- Old Testament [ click here ]
New Testament [ click here ]
- Audio
- Writing a summary of the story of the Bible?
- Here's a listing of the big events.
- Bible story in pictures [ click here ]
- Sample student summary done for Exam #4
- Text of the memory passages required in this course
- Ten Commandments text for recitation at beginning of each class period
- Crossword puzzle: 3 dozen women of the Bible
- Canaan: strategic land bridge [map and explanation]
- Bible at a glance
- Reading the Bible
- Bible study principles [ read article ]
- Reversing Biblical illiteracy: Why Johnny can't read . . . the Bible [ read article ]
- Famous sayings from the Bible [ see list ]
- Chart of Old Testament book groupings [ see graphic ]
- What questions are raised and answered in the Old Testament? [ see list ]
- Humor
- Were the Samsonites a nomadic Old Testament tribe? [ see cartoon]
- Bible trivia humor
- Cliffs Notes on the Bible: The Bible in 50 words
- Word search: Most-mentioned names in the Bible
- Video viewing guides
- "Archeology of Jerusalem," Part I, SNU library call number: DS 109 .A7 [ viewing guide ] [ purchase video ]
- Armageddon footage from "Faith Lessons on the Prophets and Kings" SNU library call number: BS632.F351 1999 v. 2 [ viewing guide ]
- Ee-taow SNU library call number: BV3680 .N5 E37 [ viewing guide ]
- Discovering the Bible series
- Jerusalem: From a dream to destruction SNU library call number: DS 109 .J46 v.1[ viewing guide ]
- Jerusalem: Within These Walls SNU library call number: DS 109.94 .J378[ viewing guide ]
- Excavating the Bible: The ancient tunnels of Jerusalem SNU library call number: DS 111.7 .E9 2000 v. 3
- Need a study break? Pass a few minutes with a hidden Bible book names puzzle [ see puzzle ]
- Exam study guides [ click here ]
- Sample hand-drawn map for exam 1
"All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" -- 2 Timothy 3:16
Helps for Bible study
As you get deeper and deeper into the Word, you'll find the following of help:
- Bible concordance
- Alphabetical listing of words in the Bible with the verses in which they appear. Several concordances can be found online.
- Bible dictionary
- Alphabetical arrangement of explanations of Bible history, culture and general contents
- Bible encyclopedia
- Similar to a Bible dictionary with an alphabetical listing of topics and explanations. Covers more territory in greater detail than does a dictionary
- Bible atlas
- Geographical and topographical information on Bible lands, including geopolitical boundaries
- Bible commentary
- Scholar's comments on the meaning of the text of the books of the Bible, often verse by verse. Commentaries often are multi-volume sets
What will you get out of BibLit?
Students' comments from previous semesters:
- "It helped me learn more about things I thought I knew."
- "I read more of the Bible than I ever had before."
- "I was exposed to stories in the Bible that I hadn't read before."
- "We took 'field trips' that were very helpful."
- "It brought the Bible to life."
External links: Bible resources on the Internet
Leisure reading suggestion:
Do you read novels? Then, let James Michener bring alive for you the drama of Israel's turbulent past in his novel The Source. Michener is a marvelous story teller. In this 1965 book Michener uses historical fiction to bring Israel's past eras to life. The focal point of the novel is an archaeological dig at Tell Makor, an imaginary mound that is the accumulated residue of abandoned settlements, each resting on the ruins of its predecessor.
I don't agree with all of Michener's theological assumptions, but the book is great reading in terms of helping one sense the drama of biblical events.
Writing
standardsMost courses at SNU contain a writing component.
I expect students to produce written work that is focused, well developed, organized and relatively free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Papers falling short of this standard will not be graded. That work will be returned to the students for further revision and resubmission.
See my writing checklist.
 | Before we jump into the course, would you like a chuckle? [ read more ] |
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