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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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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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Lesson ThreeReligious Movements17 Activities|1 Assessment
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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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Lesson Four2nd Temple Period Sources11 Activities|6 Assessments
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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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Lesson FiveImpact of the New Testament16 Activities|5 Assessments
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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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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Lesson 2, Activity 5
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Behind | Cats and Mice, Phase 1: Greece
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The idea of “cats and mice” will help you understand the relationship between the larger empires and the smaller nation states. You’ll see just how small a “mouse” Israel was and how tempting it was to seek protection with the “cats” who fought over the large territories on the playing board.