SoB Reading to Do Before 2nd Dec 2014

SoB 4 Joshua, Rahab & Ruth

• Joshua 1-6; Judges 1, 3-4; 1 Samuel 8-10, 13, 15 (+ Ruth if you can!)
• Drane "Canaanites and Israelites" page 65, "Life in the days of the judges" pages 69-70 & "Israel and the religion of Canaan" pages 72-74
• Page 31 & 33 in your course books

SoB 5 David

• 1 Samuel 16, 31; 2 Samuel 5-7; 1 Kings 1-3, 6-10; Deut. 7:1-5 & 17:14-20
• Drane "David" pages 83-88 & "Solomon" pages 88-92

Links to Ephesians Commentaries Online

Here are some links to Ephesians commentaries that will help you with your assignment:

• Harold Hoehner (very in-depth)
• Ernest Best (very in-depth)
• Ernest Best (a shorter commentary)
• Ben Witherington (one of my personal favourites)
• Klyne Snodgrass (probably my favourite [not just because of his amazing name!!!])
• Clinton Arnold (probably my second favourite! He has been groundbreaking in exploring how we should understand Ephesians in light of the prevalence of magical practices in Ephesus at the time - although some people think he overstates his case!)

Documentary Hypothesis (i.e. who wrote the Pentateuch?!)

Following Claud's question about who wrote the first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch), here are some links to websites about something called the 'Documentary Hypothesis'. This is a theory someone called Wellhausen first proposed, in which it is suggested that there were four main sources for the Pentateuch. This theory has slightly fallen out of favour/fashion recently but, so far as I'm aware, there aren't any other competing theories that are as well-developed as this one. This doesn't mean that this theory is right, just that it's the fullest suggestion that's out there!

• Wikipedia's entry on the documentary hypothesis (Wikipedia isn't always the most reliable source but can be good for getting an overview of a topic)
• A website about the documentary hypothesis (again this may not be that reliable but it is fairly clear)
• An article strongly criticising the documentary hypothesis
• A book about the making of the Pentateuch
• In this book, on page 27, there's a summary of the state of current scholarship regarding the documentary hypothesis

Abraham & Sarah Animation

Here is the link to an animation of Abraham and Sarah's life on YouTube.

Dates

Here is a list of dates that I'm taking SOB sessions on Ignite this year and what sessions we'll be covering when:

Reading to do before SOB 2 (Abraham) and SOB 3 (Moses) (4th November 2014)

Hi Igniters,

Here's the reading it'd be great if you can do before our next day together (4th November 2014):

Bible

• Genesis 12-21 (or, if you're short on time: Genesis 12, 15 & 17)
• Exodus 1-5; 12; 19-20 & 32 (or, if you're short on time: Exodus 1, 5 & 12)

Introducing the Old Testament

• "The Founding of a Nation" pages 34-42
• "The Covenant" page 49
• "The Ark of the Covenant" page 50 
• "The Form of the Covenant" page 51

The Books of the Bible Periodic Table!

Here's the original version of the Books of the Bible Periodic Table:

It's from: http://www.challies.com/resources/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible
You can get the high resolution version here.

Further Reading for SOB 1 (Adam & Eve)

Hi Igniters,

It was great to meet you yesterday and I really appreciated your contributions to the discussions that we had :-)

If you want to start getting stuck into the Drane book (Introducing the Old Testament), the pages to read that relate to what we covered yesterday are:

• "The Stories and the Books" pages 12-33
• "The stories in Genesis" pages 246-252
• "Creation stories in context" pages 253-258

Reading for 7th Oct 2014

Hi Igniters,

It'd be great if before 7th Oct you could read Genesis 1-3 and Ephesians 1.

You can listen to David Suchet reading it here:
Genesis 1-3
Ephesians 1

:-)

Bible Timelines By Previous Igniters

Hi Igniters.

I'm looking forward to getting going with the Story of the Bible sessions a week on Tuesday. I thought it'd be good for you to be able to see what people on previous years have produced at the end of the course. So here they are in reverse order:

2013-2014

Watch Michelle B's amazing Bible in 2 Minutes:

2012-2013

The Bible Timeline Competition between Zoe and Caroline versus Mike and Becky: