Lesson 5: Introduction to Genre

Hope in God


Prayer

Father,
We thank you for the beautiful gift of human language. We thank you for the bountiful gift of your Spirit, for by him we gain understanding. Lord, open our eyes that we may behold wondrous things out of your law.
We ask this in the name of Jesus,
Amen.

Primary Principle:

The Bible demands that we recognize and appreciate the significance of its literary genres.

Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to...
  1. ...identify the Bible's various genres.
  2. ...interpret various biblcial genres appropriately.
  3. ...delight in God’s manifold wisdom through their personal discovery of the content and forms that shape various biblical genres.

Interpretation