Hindmarsh, Look Upon Nothing as Separate from God: Evangelicals and the Rise of Science

Lecture Listening Guides by David  Capes Lecturer: Bruce Hindmarsh Title: Look Upon Nothing as Separate from God: Evangelicals and the Rise of Science Date: 02/16/2019 Prepared by Emma Abernathy What question did Jonathan Edwards claim was no greater question to human kind? Why did this question seem urgent in the

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Notley, Has Bethsaida-Julias Finally Been Found?

Lecture Listening Guides by David  Capes Lecturer: Steven Notley Title: Has Bethsaida-Julias Finally Been Found? Date: 04/13/2019 Prepared by Dr. John Beukema What is historical geography?   What are some of the “lost cities” of the Bible?   Why does Notley consider the Et-Tell site an unlikely possibility for Bethsaida?

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Jeffrey, Interpreting the Bible in Art: Rembrandt’s Bathsheba

Lecture Listening Guides by David  Capes Lecturer: David Jeffrey Title: Interpreting the Bible in Art: Rembrandt’s Bathsheba Date: 10/07/2017 Prepared by Dr. John Beukema   When it comes to biblical commentary and exegesis on the story of David and Bathsheba, what seems to be the main focus? Regarding the artistic

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Longman, God Is a Warrior: Coming to Terms with Divine Violence in the Old Testament

Lecture Listening Guides by David  Capes Lecturer: Tremper Longman Title: “God Is a Warrior: Coming to Terms with Divine Violence in the Old Testament” Date: 09/16/2017 Prepared by Dr. John Beukema   Where is the first place God is explicitly called a warrior in the Old Testament? If 49 of

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