BI-6003 Old Testament Theology

Discover what the Old Testament teaches as a whole about God, about mankind and about God's purposes for his world, and learn to preach and teach it as one story.

The course follows Eugene Merrill's Everlasting Dominion, an evangelical theology of the whole Old Testament. Its center is God's rule over his creation through mankind, made as his image. You trace how that purpose, damaged by the fall, is carried forward through the covenants, through Israel and the house of David, and through the prophets' hope of the Messiah.

What you will study

• What Old Testament theology is and how it is done
• God's nature and character, his revelation, his works and his purposes
• Mankind as God's image, the fall and the first steps of redemption
• The kingdom of God and the covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel and David
• The law, the worship of Israel and the histories from Joshua to Esther
• The prophets, the Psalms and the wisdom books
• How the Old Testament points to Christ, and how to use it in ministry

Course materials

• Everlasting Dominion (Eugene H. Merrill), the textbook you obtain
• The Bible