Introduction to Wisdom from the Beginning: Outlines on Genesis

INTRODUCTION TO WISDOM FROM THE BEGINNING: OUTLINES ON GENESIS

The following outlines were used in a Bible study on the Book of Genesis that Fr. Horkan taught in the years 2009-2010 at St. Rita parish. They use insights from many different sources, including D. Leon Kaas' 2003 book The Beginning of Wisdom (which was the inspiration for the title of the classes), the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series published by InterVarsity Press, the Navarre Bible Series volume on the Pentateuch, the New Jerome Biblical Commentary, edited by Fathers Raymond Brown, S.J., Joseph Fitzmeyer, S.J., and Roland Meyer, O.Carm., Dr. Scott Hahn's A Father Who Keeps His Promises, and the Teaching Company lecture series and text by Professor Gary Rendsberg. As with the other outlines on this website, this work is intended to present the results of scholarship and historical thinking about the faith in an accessible and engaging fashion to the general public. These particular outlines are organized along the following lines:

Part I – Introduction

Section 1 - The Catholic Approach to Scripture

Section 2 – Overview and Outline of the Pentateuch and the Book of Genesis

Section 3 – The Relationship of Science and the Bible

Part II – Creation and Fall

Section 1 – The Creation Accounts (Genesis 1-2)

Section 2 – The Fall and First Promise of Redemption (Genesis 3)

Part III – From the Fall to Abraham

Section 1 - The Effects of Faith and Sin in the Era Before Noah (Genesis 4-5)

Section 2 – Noah and the Flood (Genesis 5-9)

Section 3 – From Noah to Abraham (Genesis 9-11)

Part IV – The Covenant With Abraham