Bible Stories: An Adult Sunday School Class, Trinity Episcopal Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Trinity Episcopal Church
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Bible Stories: An Adult Education Class
October 2006 - January 2007
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Bible Stories: An Adult Education Class
By The Rev. Bill Stroop, Ph.D.
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
October 2006 - January, 2007
(This page updated 6 January 2007)

The Bible contains many of the most intriguing stories about some of the most interesting figures in literature. In our faith, however, the Bible is a sacred book, and these stories hold special meaning. This class is intended to explore some of the well known stories of the Bible and to look deeply at some of the more well known characters of the Bible to deepen our understanding and strengthen our faith.

The week before each class I will prepare for you a list of Bible texts, and I'll provide those readings for you to take home. Those same readings will be provided here as well. Your task is to read them before class. Then we will begin each class by viewing of segments of one of two DVDs: Mysteries of the Bible (Questar, Inc., 2003), and Ancient Evidence: Mysteries of the Bible (A BBC Manchester/Discovery Co-production, 2003). These segments will set the stage for discussion of the texts in class each Sunday morning.

We will not go through the Bible systematically, but rather we will look at some of the stories and characters with which we are most familiar from the Old Testament and the New. Bible quotations will most often be taken from the New Revised Statndard Version (NRSV), but many other versions may be used as well. If you are interested in obtaining a very, very good computer resource for Biblical Study, I believe the best available is BibleWorks (© BibleWorks, LLC) currently available in version 6.0.

The schedule is as follows. To go to any session, click on the Session Number.

Schedule of Class Sessions

Date	Session Number	Title
October 6	Session 1	Mary Magdalene: What was she really a sinner or a founder of Christianity? - Part I
October 15	Session 1a	Mary Magdalene: What was she really a sinner or a founder of Christianity? - Part II
October 22	Session 2	What Motivates a Disciple?
October 29	Session 3	Peter: Upon This Rock
November 5	Session 4	Helena, The Mother of Constantine and the First Christian Builder - Part I
November 12	Session 4a	Helena, The Mother of Constantine and the First Christian Builder - Part II
November 19	Session 5	Advent and the End Times: The Relevation to John
November 26		NO CLASS
December 3	Session 6	The Gates of Jerusalem: The End Times
December 10	Session 7	King Herod: Killer of the Innocents - Part 1
December 17	Session 7	King Herod: Killer of the Innocents - Part 2
December 24		NO CLASS
December 31		NO CLASS
January 7	Session 8	David and Goliath
January 14	Session 9	Joseph: Leader of the Hebrews
January 21	Session 10	The Exodus
January 28	Session 11	Joshua and His Trumpets

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