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New Testament Field Guide
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Lesson OneGetting Ready15 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Workbook: New Testament Favorites: Going Deeper
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In | The Truth
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In | Introducing the New Testament
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In | Curious Passages in the New Testament
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Behind | Criticism vs. Radical Criticism
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Behind | Miracles in the New Testament
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Behind | Workbook: Miracles in the New Testament
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Behind | Sarcasm in the New Testament
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In Front | A Suffering Church
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In Front | Workbook: If Only One Book
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In Front | Workbook: If Only One Book (First Century)
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In Front | Workbook: A Personal Bible Inventory
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In Front | The New Testament Journey
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoGeopolitics and Culture17 Activities
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Getting Started
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In | Kings and Kingdoms
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In | A Series of Empires
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Behind | Israel: "The Land Between"
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Behind | Cats and Mice, Phase 1: Greece
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Behind | Hellenistic Culture
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Behind | Hellenism and Contemporary Worldviews
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Behind | The Polis
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Behind | Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabees
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Behind | The Hasmoneans
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Behind | Cats and Mice, Phase 3: Rome
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Behind | The Culture of the Roman Empire
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Behind | Mice: The Herodians
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Behind | Greek and Roman Influence in Israel
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Behind | iMap: Herod’s Building Projects
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In Front | Workbook: Kings of Kingdoms
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeReligious Movements17 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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In | Workbook: Silent Years Festival in John
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Behind | Times, Seasons and Ages
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Behind | Situating the New Testament in Israel's Timeline
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Behind | iMap: Galilee in Jesus’ Day
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Behind | Expectations for a Messiah
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Behind | Sectarian Judaism: The Issues
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Behind | Sectarian Judaism: The Groups
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Behind | Sectarian Judaism: The Places
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Behind | The Pharisees and Their Enduring Influence in Judaism
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Behind | Pharisaic Judaism
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Behind | Messianic Anticipation
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Behind | Onsite: Herod's Temple in Jerusalem - Dr. Gabriel Barkay
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Behind | Jesus and His Disciples
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In Front | Workbook: Jesus and Groups
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In Front | Jesus' Vision
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson Four2nd Temple Period Sources11 Activities|6 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Review of the Old Testament
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In | The Septuagint: A Predecessor of the New Testament
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In | The Septuagint and the Masoretic Text
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Behind | Deuterocanonical Texts
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Behind | Pseudepigrapha
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Behind | Dead Sea Scrolls, Part 1
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Behind | Dead Sea Scrolls, Part 2
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Behind | The Dead Sea Scrolls: Dr. Emanuel Tov
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In Front | Rabbinic Literature
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveImpact of the New Testament16 Activities|5 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Workbook: Into All the World
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In Front | Workbook: Impact of the New Testament: Literature
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In Front | Dostoevsky’s New Testament
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In Front | Workbook: The Impact of the New Testament: Art
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In Front | The Artist Who Traveled to the Promised Land
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In Front | Van Gogh and the New Testament
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In Front | Workbook: The Impact of the New Testament: Film
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In Front | The Passion of the Christ
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In Front | A Film with Global Reach
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In Front | The Impact of the New Testament: Language
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In Front | The Sermon on the Mount: A Russian Author, an Indian Lawyer and an African-American Preacher
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In Front | A New Testament Epistle Quoted in an Unlikely Constitution
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In Front | Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler’s Biblical Response to Atheistic Communism
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In Front | Unlikely Location for a New Testament Inscription
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Lesson 1, Activity 6
Behind | Criticism vs. Radical Criticism
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The Bible has come under increasing scrutiny in recent centuries by scholars and others. With increasing archeological study and literary criticism, the Bible is dissected and examined from various angles and with new analytical techniques. This is a good time to better understand “biblical criticism” as we prepare to go deeper into the New Testament.