Format:
Video disc
Title:
Understanding the Old Testament
ISBN:
9781629978048
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantily, VA : The Great Courses, [2019]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (approximately 12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (161 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm)
Series title(s):
General Note:
"24 lectures/30 minutes per lecture."
Title from container.
Program content: ©2019.
Issued with a booklet that includes course scope, lecture guides, multiple choice quizzes and bibliography (pages 150-159)
Contents:
Disc 1. The Old Testament as literature -- The Genesis creation story -- What God intended for Adam and Eve -- When things go wrong in the Garden of Eden -- Abraham, the father of three faiths -- Moses and the Exodus -- Disc 2. The ten commandments -- The covenant code in Exodus -- Leviticus at a crossroads -- Deuteronomy to Kings -- The Book of Judges -- The Book of Samuel -- Disc 3. The Book of Kings -- Biblical short stories: Ruth and Esther -- Amos, prophet of justice -- The prophet Isaiah in three movements -- Jeremiah, persecuted prophet -- Daniel and apocalyptic literature -- Disc 4. How scholars study psalms -- The music of the psalms -- Proverbs in the Bible: wisdom literature -- Job's suffering and understanding -- Ecclesiastes and the "vanity of vanities" -- Slaying the dragons of the Old Testament.
Summary:
The Old Testament is one of the foundational documents of Western civilization. In this course, viewers will study a selection of the major books of the Old Testament, probing their meaning and relevance. Among these, viewers will explore the prophets, the wisdom literature, and the apocalyptic literature, finding their deeper historical and religious import, as well as their sublime literary treasures.
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