Understanding the Old Testament

Take a fresh and eye-opening look at one of Western civilization’s most fundamental texts and learn to decipher and interpret the meanings of this world-shaping collection of books of the Bible in the Old Testament.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Old Testament as Literature
• 02: The Genesis Creation Story
• 03: What God Intended for Adam and Eve
• 04: When Things Go Wrong in the Garden of Eden
• 05: Abraham, the Father of Three Faiths
• 06: Moses and the Exodus
• 07: The Ten Commandments
• 08: The Covenant Code in Exodus
• 09: Leviticus at a Crossroads
• 10: Deuteronomy to Kings
• 11: The Book of Judges
• 12: The Books of Samuel
• 13: The Books of Kings
• 14: Biblical Short Stories: Ruth and Esther
• 15: Amos, Prophet of Justice
• 16: The Prophet Isaiah in Three Movements
• 17: Jeremiah, Persecuted Prophet
• 18: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature
• 19: How Scholars Study Psalms
• 20: The Music of the Psalms
• 21: Proverbs in the Bible: Wisdom Literature
• 22: Job’s Suffering and Understanding
• 23: Ecclesiastes and the “Vanity of Vanities”
• 24: Slaying the Dragons of the Old Testament