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Revision: 11
Title: Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study
Author: Bob Lynn
Date: 2014 Apr 14 at 00:53

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 1

*** CCC 50-141

Session 2

Early World – 1:

Genesis 1:1-3:24 | Creation, Adam and Eve / the Fall

Session 3

Early World – 2:

Genesis 4: | Cain and Abel
Genesis 5: | Adam to Noah
Genesis 6:1-9: | Noah and the Flood
Genesis 10 | Table of Nations
Genesis 11:1-9 | The Tower of Babel
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

Session 5

Patriarchs – 2:

Genesis 25:19-34 | Jacob and Esau
Genesis 29:1-30:24 | Jacob gets married; Jacob’s children
Genesis 32:22-32 | Jacob wrestles with God and gets a new name
Genesis 37-50 | Joseph and his brothers: to get just the gist of the story, focus on chapters 37 and 41-44

Session 6

Egypt and Exodus:

Exodus 3 | Moses and the burning bush
Exodus 7-10 | Plagues on Egypt
Exodus 11-14 | The last plague (Passover), the Exodus, the Red Sea
Exodus 32 | The golden calf

Desert Wanderings:

Numbers 13-14 | Rebellion and forty years of wandering
Numbers 25 | Israel’s apostasy with the Baal of Peor

Session 9

Conquest and Judges

Joshua 2 | Rahab and the spies
Joshua 6 | The fall of Jericho
Judges 1:1-3:6 | Conquest; overview of sin cycle
Judges 13-16 | Samson and Delilah

Royal Kingdom

1 Samuel 8 | Israel asks for a king
2 Samuel 7 | God makes a covenant with David
1 Kings 9; 11:1-13 | Solomon’s reign and folly

Session 13

Divided Kingdom:

1 Kings 11:26-13:10; 14 | The Royal Kingdom divides; sins of the North
Hosea 11, 14 | A message to the North (Israel; aka Ephraim)
Jeremiah 31:1-14 | A message to the South (Judah)

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

Maccabean Revolt:

1 Maccabees 1, 2 | Maccabean revolt
2 Maccabees 7 | Seven martyrs and their mother

Session 18

Messianic Fulfillment:

Luke 1-4 | The announcement and birth and temptation of the Messiah
Luke 6:12-36 | The Twelve Apostles; “Sermon on the Plain”
Luke 9:1-36 | Sending out the Twelve; feeding the 5,000; Peter’s confession of Christ; the Transconfiguration
Luke 22-24 | Last Supper, Passion, Resurrection

The Church:

Acts 2 | Pentecost
Acts 7-8 | Stephen’s martyrdom; the message begins to spread
Acts 9-11 | Saul’s conversion; Peter’s vision

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

Revision: 12
Title: Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study
Author: Bob Lynn
Date: 2014 Apr 14 at 01:42