Learning to Study the Bible Leader Guide

For Tweens

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Youth Ministries
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Author: L. J. Zimmerman ISBN: 9781501856297
Publisher: Abingdon Press Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Abingdon Press Language: English
Author: L. J. Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781501856297
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Abingdon Press
Language: English

Learning to Study the Bible guides your tween students through eight weeks of Bible discovery. They’ll explore the wonders of biblical geography and archaeology. They’ll compare and contrast biblical genres. They’ll learn the history of biblical interpretation, and discover that they are Bible interpreters too! Students will become familiar with Bible dictionaries, commentaries, concordances, maps, and more. Best of all, they’ll practice sharing their Bible knowledge with others each week.

Session Outline and Learning Goals:

  1. Who?
    * Learn to identify the original author and audience
    * Understand your own social location and biases
    * Practice reading a text with the author and original audience in mind

  2. What?
    * Understand the significance of genre
    * Practice identifying genre in biblical texts

  3. When?
    * Understand the significance of historical context
    * Learn about the major social contexts of biblical texts
    * Practice reading Scripture contextually

  4. Where?
    * Learn how to utilize biblical maps
    * Understand the significance of geography and shifting national borders for biblical interpretation
    * Practice interpreting a biblical text with a geographical lens

  5. Why?
    * Learn about the formation of the canon
    * Understand the significance of a text’s changing meaning over time
    * Practice reading a text with multiple layers of meaning

  6. How? Close reading
    * Learn the value of reading texts slowly and carefully
    * Understand how to use study bibles and commentaries
    * Practice reading a short text carefully

  7. How? Side-by-side reading
    * Learn about the Revised Common Lectionary and its purpose
    * Understand how to use a concordance to cross-reference texts
    * Practice reading a text intra-canonically

  8. How? Lectio Divina
    * Learn about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina
    * Understand the significance of a spiritual reading of Scripture
    * Practice Lectio Divina individually and as a group

  9. Who?
    * Learn to identify the original author and audience
    * Understand your own social location and biases
    * Practice reading a text with the author and original audience in mind

  10. What?
    * Understand the significance of genre
    * Practice identifying genre in biblical texts

  11. When?
    * Understand the significance of historical context
    * Learn about the major social contexts of biblical texts
    * Practice reading Scripture contextually

  12. Where?
    * Learn how to utilize biblical maps
    * Understand the significance of geography and shifting national borders for biblical interpretation
    * Practice interpreting a biblical text with a geographical lens

  13. Why?
    * Learn about the formation of the canon
    * Understand the significance of a text’s changing meaning over time
    * Practice reading a text with multiple layers of meaning

  14. How? Close reading
    * Learn the value of reading texts slowly and carefully
    * Understand how to use study bibles and commentaries
    * Practice reading a short text carefully

  15. How? Side-by-side reading
    * Learn about the Revised Common Lectionary and its purpose
    * Understand how to use a concordance to cross-reference texts
    * Practice reading a text intra-canonically

  16. How? Lectio Divina
    * Learn about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina
    * Understand the significance of a spiritual reading of Scripture
    * Practice Lectio Divina individually and as a group

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Learning to Study the Bible guides your tween students through eight weeks of Bible discovery. They’ll explore the wonders of biblical geography and archaeology. They’ll compare and contrast biblical genres. They’ll learn the history of biblical interpretation, and discover that they are Bible interpreters too! Students will become familiar with Bible dictionaries, commentaries, concordances, maps, and more. Best of all, they’ll practice sharing their Bible knowledge with others each week.

Session Outline and Learning Goals:

  1. Who?
    * Learn to identify the original author and audience
    * Understand your own social location and biases
    * Practice reading a text with the author and original audience in mind

  2. What?
    * Understand the significance of genre
    * Practice identifying genre in biblical texts

  3. When?
    * Understand the significance of historical context
    * Learn about the major social contexts of biblical texts
    * Practice reading Scripture contextually

  4. Where?
    * Learn how to utilize biblical maps
    * Understand the significance of geography and shifting national borders for biblical interpretation
    * Practice interpreting a biblical text with a geographical lens

  5. Why?
    * Learn about the formation of the canon
    * Understand the significance of a text’s changing meaning over time
    * Practice reading a text with multiple layers of meaning

  6. How? Close reading
    * Learn the value of reading texts slowly and carefully
    * Understand how to use study bibles and commentaries
    * Practice reading a short text carefully

  7. How? Side-by-side reading
    * Learn about the Revised Common Lectionary and its purpose
    * Understand how to use a concordance to cross-reference texts
    * Practice reading a text intra-canonically

  8. How? Lectio Divina
    * Learn about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina
    * Understand the significance of a spiritual reading of Scripture
    * Practice Lectio Divina individually and as a group

  9. Who?
    * Learn to identify the original author and audience
    * Understand your own social location and biases
    * Practice reading a text with the author and original audience in mind

  10. What?
    * Understand the significance of genre
    * Practice identifying genre in biblical texts

  11. When?
    * Understand the significance of historical context
    * Learn about the major social contexts of biblical texts
    * Practice reading Scripture contextually

  12. Where?
    * Learn how to utilize biblical maps
    * Understand the significance of geography and shifting national borders for biblical interpretation
    * Practice interpreting a biblical text with a geographical lens

  13. Why?
    * Learn about the formation of the canon
    * Understand the significance of a text’s changing meaning over time
    * Practice reading a text with multiple layers of meaning

  14. How? Close reading
    * Learn the value of reading texts slowly and carefully
    * Understand how to use study bibles and commentaries
    * Practice reading a short text carefully

  15. How? Side-by-side reading
    * Learn about the Revised Common Lectionary and its purpose
    * Understand how to use a concordance to cross-reference texts
    * Practice reading a text intra-canonically

  16. How? Lectio Divina
    * Learn about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina
    * Understand the significance of a spiritual reading of Scripture
    * Practice Lectio Divina individually and as a group

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