Introduction to the Old Testament

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Introduction to the Old Testament Chapter 1 Introduction to the Old Testament

Have You Seen God Lately? Do you know where God is? Do you know what God does?

The Pattern of Faith The story of Abraham

The Great Story

The purpose of Scripture

Four assumptions about scripture

The Authorship of the Scripture

Revelation Does God communicate?

The Word of God

Inspiration

Biblical Scholarship

Salvation History

History in the Modern Understanding

Concerns about language

The problem of Myth

The Books of the Old Testament

Why are Bibles different?