​General Introduction to the Old & New Testament
Instructor: Zach Hall

PURPOSE:
In this course we will do a general overview of the Old and New Testaments. We will also cover the intertestamental period which is about 400 years between Malachi and Matthew

TEXTBOOKS:
  • Bible King James Version (Required)
  • Introduction to the Old and New Testaments by Max Patterson (Recommended)
                     To obtain these commentaries, please email the director ([email protected]) for instructions
For info about book orders please visit our book orders page. 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
  • Each student is to keep a notebook to include class notes.
  • Memory verses are due throughout the semester according to the schedule.
  • There will be two tests in the course.
  • There will be worksheets for each topic.

Assignments and Tests
  • The memory work assignments are found on the syllabus.  Each student will type them out from memory into an email, put the grade in the subject line and send it to the instructor before the start of class on the assigned due date. You may also submit it in google classroom.
  • Two tests: One test will be given at the end of the OT. This test will also include information from the intertestamental period. The second test will be given at the end of the NT at the end of the semester.
  • With each class there will be a worksheet that must be turned in before the next class period
  • You are required to read the corresponding chapters of “Know Your Bible.”

GRADING:
  • Memory work will count for 20% of your final grade
  • Worksheets will count for 20% of your final grade
  • Test will count as 50% of your final grade
  • Reading and Notebook 10% of your final grade


COURSE SCHEDULE:
Class will run from 9:00 am to 11:00 am each Saturday with a ten-minute break between the sessions. 

CLASS TOPIC                                                 MEMORY WORK                 Reading Assignment
1 Introduction to the Bible                                                                         1-4
2 Reasons for Our Faith / Rightly Divided        Hebrews 11:1, 6                5-8
3 Ante-Diluvian Period / Post-Diluvian Period Genesis 6:22; 7:5              9-12
4 Patriarchal Period                                         Genesis 12:1-3                  13-16
5 Egyptian Bondage                                          Exodus 3:14                      17-20
6 Wilderness Wanderings / Conquest of Canaan Joshua 24:15                 21-24
7 Period of the Judges / United Kingdom             Judges 2:10                   25-28
8 United and Divided Kingdom                             Ruth 1:16-17                  29-32
9 Babylonian Captivity / Restoration                   Daniel 6:10                    33-36
10 Restoration / Intertestamental Period            Ezra 7:10                        37-41
11 The Gospel                                                       TEST                                42-46
12 The Gospel                                                      Matthew 6:33                  47-50
13 The Gospel / Acts                                            Acts 2:37-38                   51-54
14 Acts                                                                 Acts 4:12                          55-58
15 Paul and His Epistles (Part 1)                         Romans 1:16-17                 59-62
16 Paul and His Epistles (Part 2)                        2 Timothy 3:16-17              63-66
17 General Epistles                                              James 1:2-4                        67-71
18 Hebrews and Revelation                                 Revelation 22:18-19           72-75