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Step by Step Through the Old Testament - Member Guide
Step by Step Through the Old Testament - Member Guide by Waylon Bailey and Tom Hudson provides a framework for understanding and interpreting the Old Testament, and teaches biblical background material. Member book includes a 13-session discipleship study for groups and individuals. Separate Leader Guide available.
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First published October 31, 1991
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August 2, 2025
I just. could. not. do it.
This book opens with the land, which is appropriate. However, nothing undermines your scholarship like opening a Bible Study focused on the Old Testament by referring to the ancient land of Israel as Palestine.
The land was known as Canaan (Genesis 12) from it's earliest days, and afterward, among Abraham's descendants as The Promised Land through the Exodus and into the time of the Judges.
It became the land of Israel after the Conquest through the Davidic Kingdom. After King Solomon, who built the first temple in Jerusalem, died, the land was divided into Israel to the North and Judah to the South, before Israel was absorbed into Assyria by conquest, Judah was colonized by Babylon. After both Assyria and Babylon were conquered by the Persians, the Persians allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and build the second Temple.
Then the land and it's Jewish inhabitants were conquered by the Greeks, who referred to the land as Judea. The Greeks tried to Hellenize the Jews (as they did with all conquered cultures) and the Macabbean Revolt successfully threw off their oppression and initiated the Hasmonean Dynasty in Judea, which fell in a civil war to the Romans, who called the land Judaea. The Romans installed the Herodian dynasty by elevating the Idumean, Herod and his family.
You may notice that the above summarizes the entire Old Testament. Therefore, WHY does this Bible Study begin with sections on the land of "Palestine"? The only mention of Palestine (the Greek word for Philistines) in the Old Testament is as an enemy of Israel.
You can read more about the history here:
https://www.gotquestions.org/differen...
I discarded this study. I also gave away Step by Step through the New Testament, as I didn't want my family distracted by thinking that was a good study and seeking out the Old Testament installment. I will seek other resources for Biblical study and will be more cautious about what I order from Lifeway, as this was a disappointment.
There's more:
Step by Step through the New Testament, Lea & Hudson, 1992
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This book opens with the land, which is appropriate. However, nothing undermines your scholarship like opening a Bible Study focused on the Old Testament by referring to the ancient land of Israel as Palestine.
The land was known as Canaan (Genesis 12) from it's earliest days, and afterward, among Abraham's descendants as The Promised Land through the Exodus and into the time of the Judges.
It became the land of Israel after the Conquest through the Davidic Kingdom. After King Solomon, who built the first temple in Jerusalem, died, the land was divided into Israel to the North and Judah to the South, before Israel was absorbed into Assyria by conquest, Judah was colonized by Babylon. After both Assyria and Babylon were conquered by the Persians, the Persians allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and build the second Temple.
Then the land and it's Jewish inhabitants were conquered by the Greeks, who referred to the land as Judea. The Greeks tried to Hellenize the Jews (as they did with all conquered cultures) and the Macabbean Revolt successfully threw off their oppression and initiated the Hasmonean Dynasty in Judea, which fell in a civil war to the Romans, who called the land Judaea. The Romans installed the Herodian dynasty by elevating the Idumean, Herod and his family.
You may notice that the above summarizes the entire Old Testament. Therefore, WHY does this Bible Study begin with sections on the land of "Palestine"? The only mention of Palestine (the Greek word for Philistines) in the Old Testament is as an enemy of Israel.
You can read more about the history here:
https://www.gotquestions.org/differen...
I discarded this study. I also gave away Step by Step through the New Testament, as I didn't want my family distracted by thinking that was a good study and seeking out the Old Testament installment. I will seek other resources for Biblical study and will be more cautious about what I order from Lifeway, as this was a disappointment.
There's more:
Step by Step through the New Testament, Lea & Hudson, 1992
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 5, 2020
Excellent overview covering major themes.
April 11, 2012
One of the best Bible study books I have ever gone through. Planning on restarting soon.
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