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Year
Year 2 (Diploma)
Discipline
Biblical Studies
Credits
3 credits
Textbook
The Pentateuch

The five books of Moses are the foundation of the whole Bible. Read them as one story of covenant and grace, and see how Jesus and Paul read them.

Following The Pentateuch, this course takes you from creation and the call of Abraham, through the rescue from Egypt and the covenant at Sinai, to the wilderness and Moses' last words in Deuteronomy. You learn how a holy God lives among sinful people, and how to weigh a use of a law of Moses today. The course ends with the New Testament: how Jesus and Paul read these books, and how they point to Christ.

What you will study

  • Creation, the fall and God's covenant with Abraham
  • The rescue from Egypt, the Passover and the covenant at Sinai
  • The tabernacle, the sacrifices and the Day of Atonement
  • The wilderness years, and Deuteronomy's blessings, curses and God's promise to change the heart
  • Grace before law: how to use the laws of Moses today
  • How these books point to Christ, and how this differs from allegory
  • Jesus and the law, the wilderness, the great commandment and the Passover
  • Paul on Adam, Abraham, faith and the law

Course materials

  • The Pentateuch, a WWES textbook
  • The Bible
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