Revision as of 2014 April
by Bob Lynn
Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study
Reading List
Overview
- The Great Adventure Catholic Bible study system. This individual, small group or parish-based study provides an excellent introduction and overview of the Bible from a Catholic perspective in twenty three sessions. For more information please see The Great Adventure Website.
- This reading list contains the reading to be complete before each session.
- * This reading list contains other helpful bible readings
- ** This reading list contains helpful Catechism of the Catholic Church readings
Session 2
Early World – 1:
- Genesis 1:1-3:24 | Creation, Adam and Eve / the Fall
Session 3
Early World – 2:
- Genesis 4:1-26 | Cain and Abel / Descendants
- Genesis 5:1-32 | Adam to Noah
- Genesis 6:1-9:29 | Noah and the Flood
- Genesis 10:1-32 | Table of Nations
- Genesis 11:1-9 | The Tower of Babel
- Genesis 11:10-32 | Shem to Abraham
- * 1 Peter 3:18-22; Acts 2:1-13
- ** CCC 73-104, 356-358, 362-373, 345-349
Session 4
Patriarchs – 1:
- Genesis 12:1-9 | Abraham’s Call and Migration
- Genesis 12:10-20 | Abram and Sarai in Egypt
- Genesis 13:1-18 | Abram and Lot Part
- Genesis 14:1-24 | The Four Kings
- Genesis 15:1-21 | God’s Covenant with Abraham
- Genesis 16:1-16 | Birth of Ishmael
- Genesis 17:1-27 | Covenant of Circumcision
- Genesis 18:1-15 | Abraham’s Visitors
- Genesis 18:16-33 | Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
- Genesis 22:1-24 | The Testing of Abraham
- * Jeremiah 34:17-20; Colossians 2:11-12; James 2:13-23
- ** CCC 143-147; CCC 154-155; CCC 2572
Session 5
Patriarchs – 2:
- Genesis 25:1-6 | Abraham’s Sons by Keturah
- Genesis 25:7-11 | Death of Abraham
- Genesis 25:12-18 | Descendants of Ishmael
- Genesis 25:19-34 | Jacob and Esau
- Genesis 28:1-22 | Jacob’s Dream
- Genesis 29:1-35 | Jacob gets married; Jacob’s children
- Genesis 32:1-32 | Jacob wrestles with God and gets a new name
- Genesis 37:1-50:26 | Joseph and his brothers: to get just the gist of the story, focus on chapters 37 and 41-44
- * Romans 9:10-13
- ** CCC218
Session 6
Egypt and Exodus – 1:
- Exodus 3:1-5:23 | Moses
- Exodus 7:1-29
- Exodus 11:1-12:51
- Exodus 14:1-31
- Exodus 16:1-36
- Exodus 17:1-16
Session 7
Egypt and Exodus – 2:
- Exodus 19:1-20:26
- Exodus 23:1-25:40
- Exodus 32:1-34:35 | The golden calf
- Exodus 40:1-38 |
Session 8
Desert Wanderings:
- Numbers 1:1-2:34 |
- Numbers 10:1-12:16 |
- Numbers 13:1-14:45 | Rebellion and forty years of wandering
- Numbers 16:1-17:28 |
- Numbers 20:1-29 |
- Numbers 22:1-24:25 |
- Numbers 25:1-18 | Israel’s apostasy with the Baal of Peor
Session 9
Conquest and Judges – 1
- Joshua 1:1-4:24 | Rahab and the spies
- Joshua 6:1-8:35 | The fall of Jericho
- Joshua 23:1-24:33 |
Session 10
Conquest and Judges – 2:
- Judges 1:1-3:6 | Conquest; overview of sin cycle
- Judges 6:1-7:25 |
- Judges 17:1-21:25 |
Session 11
Royal Kingdom -1:
- 1 Samuel 1:-4:22 |
- 1 Samuel 7:1-12:25 | Israel asks for a king
- 1 Samuel 15:1-16:23 |
- 1 Samuel 26:1-25 |
Session 12
Royal Kingdom – 2:
- 2 Samuel 5:1-7:23 |
- 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25 |
- 1 Kings 2:1-12 |
- 1 Kings 3:1-28 |
- 1 Kings 6:1-7:19 |
- 1 Kings 10:23-29 |
- 1 Kings 11:1-43
Royal Kingdom – 2:
Session 13
Divided Kingdom – 1:
- 1 Kings 12:1-14:20 |
- 1 Kings 15:25-16:34 |
- 1 Kings 18:16-39 |
- 1 Kings 21:1-29 |
- 2 Kings 2:1-25 |
- 2 Kings 4:1-44 |
- 2 Kings 5:1-27 |
- * 1 Kings17:1-19:
- * Hosea 1:1-3:
- * Jonah 1:1-3:11 |
- ** CCC2582-2584
Session 14
Divided Kingdom – 2:
- 1 Kings 14:21-15:8 |
- 2 Kings 8:16-29 |
- 2 Kings 11:1-12:22 |
- 2 Kings 18:1-21:18
- 2 Kings 20:16-18 |
- * Dueteronomy 30:15-20
- * Isaiah 5:1-6
- * Isaiah 22:14-24
- * Micah 6:1-8
- ** CCC552-553
Session 15
Exile:
- 2 Kings 17: | Exile of the North (Israel)
- 2 Kings 25:1-21 | Exile of the South (Judah)
Session 16
Return:
- Ezra 1, 3 | Cyrus foretold; Return; Foundations of the Temple laid
- Ezra 4-6 | Samaritan opposition
- Nehemiah 1, 2, 6 | Nehemiah’s return; rebuilding of Jerusalem walls
Session 17
Maccabean Revolt:
- 1 Maccabees 1, 2 | Maccabean revolt
- 2 Maccabees 7 | Seven martyrs and their mother
Session 18
Messianic Fulfillment – 1:
- Luke 1-4 | The announcement and birth and temptation of the Messiah
- Luke 6:12-36 | The Twelve Apostles; “Sermon on the Plain”
Session 19
Messianic Fulfillment – 2:
- Luke 9:1-36 | Sending out the Twelve; feeding the 5,000; Peter’s confession of Christ; the Transconfiguration
Session 20
Messianic Fulfillment – 3:
- Luke 22-24 | Last Supper, Passion, Resurrection
Session 21
The Church -1:
- Acts 2 | Pentecost
- Acts 7-8 | Stephen’s martyrdom; the message begins to spread
Continuing Study
You are done! Try following the 90-day Reading Plan:
- Ge, Ex, Nu, Jos, Jdg, 1 Sa, 2 Sa, 1 Ki, 2 Ki, Ezr, Ne, 1 Mac, Lk, Ac