BIBLE STUDY CLASS #1:
Bible Study 101
Everything Mentioned in Class is here!Â
For Learners at Every Level!
An introductery class that Monte created to help get all her students on the same page.
Anything Monte has talked about, including in her podcast Flipping Tables, that relates back to the topic of this Bible Study class will also be included!
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Resources will include anything Monte suggested to read outside of class pre-readings, websites, podcasts to listen to or other content creators to follow. We will also include fan recommendations from the chat!
We’ll include pre-readings here on these class posts, Â as well as any other references Monte uses in class. This first class, there are NO pre-readings.
You’ll see below we’ve put a link to the class replay vidoe and Monte’s slide show (often referred to by fans as her “notes”!). We’ll hopefully have a beautiful Study Guide for this and all classes. Stay tuned!Â
Pre-Readings!
This very first class, Monte did NOT have pre-readings. Pre-readings start with Class 2: The Bible and Abortion. This time, just watch class and if you’re so inclined, take notes!
This button will take you to Monte’s Patreon page, directly to the class video, in a new tab so you can hopefully navigate back to the website should you need it!Â
This button will take you to Monte’s Patreon page where you will be able to download your choice of the PowerPoint slides (PPT) or the PDF, which is a universal file that everyone can open and easy to print as well.
Resources!Â
Anything mentioned by Monte during the course of the class, or that might have been mentioned
by YOU in the chat! Good job!Â
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A collection of three key “lost” books of the bible, offering insight into the origins of early Christianity.
In the early days of the Christian faith there were many writings, only some of which became part of the canonical Bible. But what of the other books, known as apocryphal texts…which of those are worth reading? One of the most influential and well-known of these apocryphal texts is The Books of Enoch, a collection of three ancient Hebrew texts that contain teachings about angels, demons, the great flood, as well as mystical prophecies.
Graphic:  Human Timeline of Mythology and Religion
A timeline graphic.
“We are All Children of the Same Universe”
YouTuber: Dan McClellan
Explore this interesting blog on early Christianity with articles on pseudepigraphy. The link will take you to the results page after a search for “pseudepigraphy.”
Truth
John 8:32
SBL page #: 1901
“…and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Ask Questions
Acts 17:10-12
SBL page #: 1955
“That very night the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea, and when they arrived they went to the Jewish synagogue. These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, including not a few Greek women and men of high standing.”
Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16
SBL page #: 2098
“All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…”
Creation Myth, A
Genesis 2:4-7
SBL page #: 48
“These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no vegetation of the field had yet sprung up — for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground, but a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground — then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a liveing being.”
Creation Myth, B
Genesis 1:26-27
SBL page #: 48
“Then God said, ‘Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created humans in his image in the image of God he create them; male and female he created them.”
Exile Duration, A
Ezekiel 4:5-6
SBL page #: 1131
“For I assign to you a number of days, three hundred ninety days, equal to the number of the years of their guilt, and so you shall bear the guilt of the house of Israel. When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the guilt of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, one day for each year.”
Exile Duration, B
Jeremiah 25:11
SBL page #: 1071
“This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and then nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years”
Judas' Death, A
Acts 1:18
SBL page #: 1929
“Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.”
Judas' Death, B
Matthew 27:5
SBL page #: 1786
“Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.”
Complementary Resources
“The Bible Says!”
with Dan McClellan
The image link takes you to Monte’s Patreon where, if you belong to any paying tier, you have access to the video version of her podcast Flipping Tables.
“In this conversation we really approach cultural issues and arguments being made about the Bible, especially about biblical history, and the ways in recent years its been used to ostracize and demonize groups of people and the burning question- is that what the Bible really teaches??” Â – Monte
Podcast link and recommended items from the episode.
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