About Course
Develop practical methods for studying books, chapters, themes, and words in Scripture.
Course Content
Course orientation
Lessons
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Introduction
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Chapter One — Introducing The Bible
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Chapter Two — The Books Of The Bible
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Chapter Three — Versions Of The Bible
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Chapter Four — Before You Begin
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Chapter Five — Bible Study Tools
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Chapter Six — Principles Of Interpretation
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Chapter Seven — Bible Background
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Chapter Eight — Outlining, Marking, Charting
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Chapter Nine — Studying The Bible By The Bible
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Chapter Ten — Devotional Bible Study
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Chapter Eleven — Book Study
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Chapter Study
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Chapter Thirteen — Paragraph Study
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Chapter Fourteen — Verse Study
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Chapter Fifteen — Word Study
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Chapter Sixteen — Topical Bible Study
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Chapter Seventeen — Biographical Study
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Chapter Eighteen — The Theological Method
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Chapter Nineteen — Studying Bible Poetry
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Chapter Twenty — Studying Bible Prophecy
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Chapter Twenty-One — The Typological Method
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Appendix — Supplementary teaching
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Discussion 1: Reading a passage in context
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Discussion 2: Comparing study methods
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Discussion 3: Interpreting difficult genres
Assignments
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01. Interpretation and study tools
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02. A passage studied three ways
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03. A reusable Bible-study lesson
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Essay: Interpreting Scripture through complementary methods
Resources
<p>The course teaching document is available below.</p>
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Teaching document — Creative Bible Study Methods
Exams
<p>The course exam opens after every preceding assignment and the course essay have been submitted. Drafts do not count as submissions.</p>
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Course exam — chapter self-tests