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Topic
Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies
Understanding the
Old Testament
Course Guidebook
Professor Robert D. Miller II
The Catholic University of America
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Professor BiograPhy
Robert D. Miller II, PhD
Ordinary Professor of Old Testament
The Catholic University of America
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Understanding the old testament
R
obert D. Miller II is Ordinary Professor of Old Testament at The
Catholic University of America. He received a PhD in Biblical
and Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan. He
is a research associate at the University of Pretoria and a life member of St
John’s College Cambridge.
Professor Miller is a scholar of the history, literature, religion, and
archaeology of ancient Israel. His books
Chieftains of the Highland Clans:
A History of Israel in the 12th and 11th Centuries BC
and
Oral Tradition in
Ancient Israel,
as well as related articles, made him a recognized authority
on early Israel. Other books by him include
Covenant and Grace in the
Old Testament: Assyrian Propaganda and Israelite Faith
and
The Dragon,
the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and
Its Afterlives.
Professor Miller has worked in the interface of science and theology
as the recipient of two major grants in that area, and he participates
in Jewish-Christian and Muslim-Christian dialogue at local and
international levels. He is a former member of the board of trustees of the
American Schools of Oriental Research and was one of the translators
of the New American Bible Revised Edition. In 2015, he received the
Teacher of the Year Award from his university’s School of Theology and
Religious Studies Student Association.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
introdUCtion
Professor Biography
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Course scope
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1
leCtUre gUides
lecture 1
The Old Testament as Literature
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3
lecture 2
The Genesis Creation Story
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7
lecture 3
What God Intended for Adam and Eve
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14
lecture 4
When Things Go Wrong in the Garden of Eden
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19
lecture 5
Abraham, the Father of Three Faiths
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25
lecture 6
Moses and the Exodus
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31
Quiz 1
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36
lecture 7
The Ten Commandments
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38
lecture 8
The Covenant Code in Exodus
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43
lecture 9
Leviticus at a Crossroads
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49
lecture 10
Deuteronomy to Kings
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55
lecture 11
The Book of Judges
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62
lecture 12
The Books of Samuel
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71
Quiz 2
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78
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