Timestamps

1:40 - Why does the Old Testament even matter?

8:22 - Ok, but what is the Old Testament about?

10:48 - What about the Christian vs the Hebrew order of the Old Testament?

19:15 - What makes reading the Old Testament so difficult?

 28:25 - How do I start reading the Old Testament?

Resources

"The Hebrew vs the Christian ordering of the Old Testament"

Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans

How-to Study the Bible handout

Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible by Stephen Dempster

Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon

Adam as Israel: Genesis 1-3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh by Seth D. Postell

Torah Story, Second Edition: An Apprenticeship on the Pentateuch by Gary Edward Schnittjer

Sermons

Ghosts and Ancestors sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch

Text-In Questions

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