Bible Study Timeline

(Re)searching the Bible - Timeline of Study Topics

(Re)searching the Bible is intended to promote open, pluralistic and non-doctrinaire discussions of the essence of the Hebrew Bible, as interpreted through the ages and in our own time.

First Year

Unit I - Genesis: Foundation, Spiritual History, and the Beginning of Everything
Unit II - The Book of Samuel: History, Kingdom, and Peoplehood
Unit III - Poetry of the Bible: Song of the Sea (Exodus), Psalms, Song of Songs
Unit IV - Jeremiah: Prophecy, National History

Second Year

Unit I - Exodus: Nationhood, Law
Unit II - Leviticus: Priesthood, Ritual, Cult
Unit III - The Book of Kings: Kingship, Kingdom, National Turmoil
Unit IV - Isaiah: Universal Thinking, The End of Days, The Lord's House

This project was conceived by the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning and was planned in cooperation with the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Partial funding was from the Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz Memorial Fund, the Leslie S. Bern Memorial Fund, and the M. Michael and Sylvia Weber Scholarship Fund.