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Exploring Theology 2022-23 Schedule
(correct as of 11 September 2023 – sessions and tutors are subject to change)
Exploring Theology Year A: Exploring the Bible
Autumn 2023: Exploring the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament
| Date | Term:
Session |
Topic | Tutor |
| 26 Sept 2023 | 1:1 | Reading the Hebrew Bible as Holy Scripture
Introduction to Genres, Composition & Canon
Discussion Texts: Psalm 119:97-105; Habakkuk 2:1-4; II Timothy 3:14-17; II Peter 1:19-21 |
Dr Jayme Reaves
(Sarum College) |
| 3 Oct 2023 | 1:2 | Beginning at the Very Beginning Genesis 1-26
Discussion Text: Genesis 1 – 3
|
Dr Megan Warner
(Luther King Centre) |
| 10 Oct 2023 | 1:3 | Captivity & Liberation:
Genesis 27-50 & Exodus
Discussion Text: Exodus 3-4:26 ET Study Skills Session |
Dr Jayme Reaves
(Sarum College) |
| 17 Oct 2023 | 1:4 | The Story of a Formed People: The Pentateuch as Narrative
Discussion Text: Jacqueline E. Lapsley, “Feeling Our Way: Love for God in Deuteronomy,” |
The Revd Dr Wesley White
(Nazarene Theological College) |
| 24 Oct 2023 | 1:5 | Theology, History and Literature:
Joshua, Judges, I-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings
Discussion Text: 1 Samuel 14:24-46 |
Dr Ashley Hibbard |
| 31st Oct 2023 | 1:6 | Pain and Promise: Isaiah and Jeremiah as Prophetic Voices for Today
Discussion Text: L. Juliana Classens, “Preaching the Pentateuch: Reading Jeremiah’s Sermons through the Lens of Cultural Trauma,” ET Study Skills Session & Book Reviews due |
The Revd Dr Wesley White
(Nazarene Theological College) |
| 7 Nov 2023 | 1:7 | Performance & Prophecy:
The Minor Prophets
Discussion Text: Amos 1-3 |
Dr Jayme Reaves
(Sarum College) |
| 14 Nov 2023 | 1:8 | Songs of Faith & Doubt:
The Psalms
Discussion Text: Psalm 27 |
Dr Ann Conway-Jones
(University of Birmingham) |
| 21 Nov 2023 | 1:9 | Suffering & the Meaning of Life: Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
Discussion Text: Selection of texts in uploaded sourcesheet |
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
(Pears Foundation) |
| 28 Nov 2023 | 1:10 | The Text in Conversation: Ruth, Jonah, and Esther vs. Ezra and Nehemiah
Discussion Text: Jonah 1, 3-4 (skip chapter 2) ET Essays Due |
Dr Jayme Reaves
(Sarum College) |