OT Survey

Discover the magnificence of God and His eternal plan for mankind. Taught in the context of its original Hebrew language, culture, and history, Tom Bradford uses the latest scholarship to reveal colorful and soul-searching insights into Scripture.

• Lesson 1 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 1 Now that we have completed the Tanakh, the Old Testament, from a chronological perspective, it is time to connect the myriad of dots. Close to 15 years ago when I first taught the Torah to you in a formal setting, in my introduction to […]

• Lesson 2 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 2 The purpose of this OT survey is as a means to connect over 10 years-worth of dots as we made our way from Creation to the end of the Old Testament with Ezra and Nehemiah, and the return of the Jews from their Babylonian […]

• Lesson 3 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 3 In our Old Testament Survey, we have so far connected the dots from Abraham to his sons Isaac and Ishmael, to Isaac’s twin sons Esau and Jacob. Of these, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are commonly referred to in the Bible and in Judeo-Christianity as […]

• Lesson 4 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 4 We’ve now traversed close to 700 years of history since the time of Abraham. Our Old Testament Survey has taken us from Abraham’s birthplace and home in Mesopotamia to the Land of Canaan, then to Egypt. From Egypt back to Canaan, and then back […]

• Lesson 5 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 5 Israel is a people without a country, surviving in gargantuan tent encampments out in the hostile wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula. Their only reliable source of food was the supernaturally supplied Manna which apparently rained down daily, and whatever other foods and spices they […]

• Lesson 6 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 6 At this point in our OT survey, we have arrived at the era of the Kings of Israel. Kings Saul, David, and now Solomon have come and gone. It’s about 920 B.C. Calling this time the era of the Kings doesn’t mean that it […]

• Lesson 7 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 7 This will be our 7 th week that we have spent connecting the dots of historical Biblical events beginning at the time of Abraham. To this point, we’ve covered about 14 centuries and have arrived at about 600 B.C. We’ve followed along as Abraham […]

• Lesson 8 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY; From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 8 One of the several great Jewish minds stolen from Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar was Daniel. And no doubt the pious, genuine and upright prophet Daniel helped to paint the Jewish exiles in a good light to Babylonia’s ruling elite, and this in turn influenced […]

• Lesson 9 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 9 As we move along in our survey we have arrived at the era of Christ. Thus by modern calendars we are at the cusp of when B.C. turns to A.D. Judaism is at war internally and externally. It’s about now that the term “Rabbi” […]

• Lesson 10 – Old Testament Survey

  From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 10 As we begin the 10 th week in our Biblical survey that began with the Patriarch Abraham, last week we arrived at the time of Christ meaning we’ve already covered close to 2000 years of Bible history. But we still have quite a ways to go. Today we’ll […]

• Lesson 11 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY; From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 11 We’re arrived at a point in our survey that is well past the Bible era; that means that the writing of the Old and New Testaments had ended. The Biblical canon was completed (the term “canon” meaning a certain selection of documents were chosen […]

• Lesson 12 – Old Testament Survey

  AN OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: From Abraham to Modern Israel Lesson 12 Today we’ll conclude our 12 week Biblical survey from Abraham to modern Israel. Let’s jump right in. SECULARISM ENTERS JEWISH LIFE By the start of the 18 th century, the Jewish people were dispersed all over eastern and western Europe. But the nature of […]