Learning to Study the Bible Leader Guide: For Tweens - Softcover

Zimmerman, L.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501856286 ISBN 13: 9781501856280

Verlag: Abingdon Press, 2018

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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: Who? Author and Audience Spark curiosity about the authors and original audiences of the Bible Introduce and use Bible dictionaries and commentaries Sharpen deductive reasoning skills in biblical interpretation What? Genre Introduce and explore biblical genres Learn to use Bible commentaries and apps to identify possible genres of texts Explore the significance of genre for biblical interpretation When? Context Investigate the connection between context and meaning Spark curiosity about biblical and modern cultural contexts Use Bible dictionaries, commentaries, and handbooks to research biblical context Where? Geography Spark curiosity about the biblical landscape Prompt reflection on the relationship between land and daily life Use biblical maps and archaeological research to explore biblical geography Why? Interpretation Create awareness of interpretive lenses and layers Spark curiosity about our own and others’ interpretive lenses Use a concordance and various translations to compare meanings How? Read Closely Cultivate appreciation for the way our ancestors preserved the biblical text Practice reading carefully and paying attention Discover the four meanings of Scripture and practice interpreting them How? Reread Create awareness of our own role in making meaning Prompt reflection on the nature of Scripture as the “living word of God” Practice the ancient tradition of divine reading How? Read Together Create awareness of the diversity of voices within the canon Inspire students to enter into the centuries-long biblical conversation Practice reading the Bible inter-canonically

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Learning to Study the Bible Leader Guide For Tweens

By L. J. Zimmerman

Abingdon Press

Copyright © 2018 Abingdon Press
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5018-5628-0

Contents

How to Use Learning to Study the Bible, 
Bible Study Resources, 
Preparing to Teach, 
Session 1: Who? Author and Audience, 
Session 2: What? Genre, 
Session 3: When? Context, 
Session 4: Where? Geography, 
Session 5: Why? Interpretation, 
Session 6: How? Read Closely, 
Session 7: How? Reread, 
Session 8: How? Read Together, 

CHAPTER 1

Who? Author and Audience

Why does this matter?

Some Bibles for sale on amazon.com list their author as "God." This reference to the divine inspiration of the sacred Scriptures is amusing, but it clouds an important reality. God's word comes to us through real people. The people who created the Scriptures as we know them were humans like us: people who told the stories of their faith, wrote them down, edited them, compiled them, and painstakingly copied them over the centuries. The people who created the Bible were deeply invested in their own faith, and in passing on their traditions to others.

What we find in the Bible is the embodied Word of God — embodied by those who originally spoke and wrote the words. God's truth comes to us in human-shaped containers. The humans bearing God's word spoke certain languages, had particular beliefs about the world, and had relationships with their original audiences. Much of that information is lost to us. But what we can discover about the authors of the Scriptures enriches our understanding of the words.

Sometimes the Bible itself tells us about its authors. Psalm 51 is attributed to King David, for example. This psalm of contrition is much more meaningful because we can read up on the back-story (2 Samuel 11-12). Paul's letter to the Philippians is made richer by knowing the story of Paul founding the Philippian church with Lydia (Acts 16:11-40).

In other instances, our ability to get to know the author is guesswork based on the text itself. The Book of Isaiah, for example, is suspected to be composed by three different individuals, then compiled into one prophetic book. Biblical scholars identify these three "Isaiahs" by their writing style, the historical references they include, and the themes they take up. Knowing that the original Isaiah wrote from a crumbling Israelite kingdom, while a later "ghost writer" wrote from the Babylonian exile, gives the text new shades of meaning.

Knowledge of the people who wrote and received the Bible isn't essential to interpretation. God's word continues to speak in new contexts. But connecting, even in a small way, with the humans on the other side of the stories might bring them to life in a new way for your students.

Learning Goals

* Spark curiosity about the authors and original audiences of the Bible

* Introduce and use a Bible dictionary

* Sharpen deductive reasoning skills in biblical interpretation

In the Brain of a Tween

You may think you need to have all the answers in order to do an in-depth Bible study for tweens. I've got good news for you: you don't! In fact, your students will probably prefer it if you avoid handing them answers. Instead, let the students take the lead in the investigation. Your job is to ask good questions, encourage their imagination, and intervene as needed to keep the group on track.

Tweens are naturally very curious, but they may not feel comfortable training their curiosity on the Bible. If they've been discouraged from questioning in the past, or taught that there is only one correct interpretation of a given Bible story, they may feel afraid to explore.

Remind the students that you're with them on the journey — even adults have questions and want to learn more! Bring your own questions about Bible people and be sure to remind the students that it's okay not to have all the answers.

Supplies

* Bibles (CEB)

* Bible dictionary (CEB)

* Student Journals

* sticky notes

* pens, colored pencils, markers

* dry-erase board and marker set

* presentation supplies such as posterboard, video camera, computer/tablet

* unused tube of lip balm

Explore

PLAY TOGETHER — GUESS WHO?

* Before class, make a sticky note with the name of a famous person for each student. Suggested names include: George Washington, Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Queen Elizabeth, Walt Disney, J. K. Rowling, Martin Luther King Jr., and so forth.

* As students arrive, stick a sticky note to their backs. Begin class by inviting students to mingle with one another, asking yes-or-no questions to ascertain their identities.

* ASK: What information helped you discover which famous person you were?

* SAY: Now we're going to play a different kind of "guess who" game. We're going to see what information we can discover about the people who wrote the Bible.

Behind the Texts

Here are some text conversations recovered from a random individual's phone. What can you tell me about this person, just based on their text conversations?

EXPLORE THE THEME

* Invite students to take turns reading pages 2-3 of their Student Journals out loud.

* ASK: What questions do you have about the people who created the Bible?

* Write the students' questions on the dry-erase board. As you continue the session, revisit the questions to see how many you were able to answer about the apostle Paul.

EXPLORE

* Play Together — Guess Who?

* Explore the Theme

* Try It Out — Behind the Texts

STUDY

* Connect It — Bible Person Profile

* Read a Text — Second Timothy

* Use a Tool — Bible Dictionary

REFLECT

* Journal

* Discuss

* So, What?

SHARE

* Make a Plan

* Get to Work

* Blessing

TRY IT OUT — BEHIND THE TEXTS

* Invite students to pair up and complete the Behind the Texts activity on pages 4-5 of their Student Journals.

* Invite each pair of students to share their responses.

* ASK: Were you surprised by how much you could learn about the people who wrote these texts? Why or why not?

Study

CONNECT IT — BIBLE PERSON PROFILE

* Invite the students to turn to pages 6-7 of their Student Journals. Have them divide the Scripture passages among themselves and look them up in small groups or pairs, then use the information they discover to create a social media profile for Paul.

* ASK: What do we know about Paul based on these passages?

* Invite students to write their responses on the dry-erase board to create Paul's "profile." They may choose to mimic the social media profile template in the Student Journal.

READ A TEXT — SECOND TIMOTHY

* Have the students find 2 Timothy 1:3-14 in their Bibles and take turns reading the passage aloud, each student reading a sentence.

* ASK: How does the information you learned about Paul affect how you read this passage? Who is Paul writing to? What can you tell about Timothy from this passage?

USE A TOOL

* Invite the students to look up Paul/Saul and Timothy in a Bible dictionary.

* ASK: What did you learn about Paul? about Timothy?

* SAY: Bible dictionaries compile...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1501856286
• ISBN 13: 9781501856280
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 56
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