Mountains & Mediators: Old Testament - Dr. John Bergsma

The following is a rough guideline to help you get the most out of your CD set. By reading the suggested readings prior to listening to
the CD you will be able to draw more from the material that is presented.
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Topic Suggested Reading
CD #’s
CD 1 Personal Introduction CCC §51-73: covenant history;
Course Syllabus/Outline §702-716: H.S. in salvation history;
Catholic Principles of §1079-81: liturgy & cov. in salv. his.;
Interpretation
Overview of Salvation History
§1612: nuptial orientation
CD 2 Creation and Fall
Covenant with Adam
Covenant with Noah
Gen 1-2; CCC §54-58 (Adam &
Noah); §279-421 (Creation and Fall)
EOT ch. 2 (OT Where and When?)
EOT ch. 4 (Gen 1-11; skim)
CD 3 Covenant with Abraham Gen 2-4; CCC §144-165; EOT ch. 5
CD 4 Foreshadowing of Israel’s future
problems
Gen 4-17
CD 5 Canon/Text/Critical Theories Genesis 18-50; EOT ch. 1, 3; CCC
§74-141 (divine revelation)
CD 5 Providentissimus Deus,
Providentissimus Deus,
Humani Generis
Humani Generis
CD 7 The Exodus Exod 1-19, EOT ch. 6; CCC §198-217
(the divine name)
CD 8 The Sinai Covenant Read Exod 20-24, skim 25-31, read
32-34, skim 35-40; skim Lev 1-7, read
read 8-10, then skim 11-27;
CCC §2052-2082 (the ten
commandments)
CD 9 Failure in the Wilderness Read Num 1, 3, 6, 9-14, 16-17, 20-26,
31:1-12, skimming in between
Read EOT ch. 8; Study for quiz
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CD 9 The Deuteronomic Covenant
(curses/planned obsolescence)
CD 9 The Deut. Covenant Renewed
Read Deut 1-12, 17:14-20, 18:15-22;
20; 21:10-14; 24:1-4; 27-34,
skimming parts in between
Read EOT ch. 9; CCC §1949-1986
Read Josh 1-11,skim 12-22,read 23-24
Read EOT ch. 11
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CD #’s Topic Suggested Reading
CD 10 Everything goes wrong, but a Read Judg 1-8, 13-21, skim between.
glimmer of hope
Read Ruth 1-4; Read EOT ch. 12
CD 11 Looking for a good king Read 1 Samuel
(Typology and Four Senses) Handout on Typology/4 senses; CCC
§1094
CD 12-13 Found him: The Davidic
Covenant
Read 2 Samuel 1-20
CD 13 The Davidic Psalm Tradition Psalms 1, 2, 8, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22,
23, 41; 42, 43, 45-48, 51, 68; 72;
CCC §2558-2597
Read EOT ch. 21 and ch. 13
CD 13-14 The Psalms, continued Psalms 73, 88-89; 90, 95, 100, 106,
107, 110, 120-132, 136-137, 139, 150
Read EOT ch. 14
CD 14 Divino Afflante and Dei Verbum Divino Afflante & Dei Verbum
CD 15 Climax of Glory (Solomon) and Read 1 Kgs 1-14, 18-19, skim rest of 1
a long decline
Kings; 2 Kgs 2, 6–7, 17–25, skimming
in between
Read EOT ch. 15
CD 16 The Solomonic Wisdom
tradition
Prov 1-12, 31, skim rest; EOT ch. 22
CD 17 The Solomonic Wisdom cont. Read Song of Songs; Wis 1–9
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CD #’s Topic Suggested Reading
CD 18-19 Isaiah: Condemnation and Hope Read Isa 1-11, 22, 24-27, 35-39; skim
sections in between; EOT ch. 25
CD 20 Isaiah continued Read Isa 40, 42-43, 45, 49, 52-56, 60-
62, 65-66, skim in between;
Read EOT ch. 26
CD 20-21 Jeremiah: prefigure of Christ Read Jer 1-4, 11-12; 13:1-14; 16,
22:1-23:14, 26-34, 36-39, 52;
CD 21 Ezekiel: a new Moses
Pass out Final Review Sheet
CD 21 Partial fulfillment, partial
unfulfillment
Read EOT ch. 27
Ezek. 1-16, 20, 23, 28, 33-34; 36-37;
40:1-16; 43:1-12; 47:1-12; 48; skim
rest; EOT chs. 29-30
Read Daniel 1-12;
Read Ezra 1, 3, 6-7, 9-10; Neh 1-2, 4-
6, 8-9, 13, skimming in between
Read EOT ch. 31
“Biblical revelation, in fact, is above all the expression of a story of love, the story of the covenant of God with man; therefore the story
of the love and union between a man and a woman in the covenant of marriage was able to be assumed by God as a symbol of the
history of salvation.” –Pope Benedict XVI (Address to the congress of the Roman Diocese on “The Family and the Christian
Community; 6 June 2005, St. John Lateran, Rome)
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