
Explore the Old Testament with ancient hebraic methods to hear the narrative like the people of ancient Israel and uncover deeper meaning in scripture online.
Explore the geography, history, and life of the Hebrew scriptures using a Bible atlas, linking the Old Testament and New Testament through maps, settings, and the ancient Near East context.
Explore Abraham's journey from Ur along the Fertile Crescent to Canaan, tracing Haran to Shechem, Beit El, and Beersheba, and discover Bedouin life mirrored by patriarchal nomadic living.
Walk the land with Isaac and Rebekah, exploring the Hebrew Scriptures, Abraham’s call, the birthright drama of Ishmael and Isaac, and Beersheba’s story of belonging and blessing.
Follow the trials of Jacob as he seeks the birthright, confronts deception, and gains divine approval to become a leader and founder of a remnant through faith.
Follow Joseph's journey from sold into slavery to second in command in Egypt, revealing the birthright, its future leadership, and typology with the messiah.
Explore the wilderness wanderings after the Exodus, where God rescues his people from bondage and from death to life, tests them, and selects a remnant to inherit the birthright.
Explore Israel's entry into the promised land after forty years, detailing crossing the Jordan, Jericho, Eye (Ai), Shem, and giants Og of Bashan and Goliath, plus the Gibeonites' oath.
Explore the Deborah and Barak story in the judges period, where a prophetess from Ephraim leads Israel against Hatzor at Mount Tabor and Kishon, securing victory with Naphtali and Zebulun.
Trace Ehud's left handed deliverance of Israel from Moabite king Eglon and the Moabites. Observe Gideon's reluctant call, dew tests, and the 300 left against the Midianites.
Walking the Land of the Old Testament can be used as an introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, but it will take you far beyond the simple narrative that is often taught in churches and seminaries today. Instead, it focuses on tools that allow you to penetrate a depth of meaning and offers numerous examples of how to do that.
The course begins with an in-depth knowledge of the land and uses images and a Bible atlas for that purpose. Then you will learn and practice the basic skill of a word study with an online concordance using Hebrew words, not English translations (don’t worry, you don’t need to know Hebrew). Examples will demonstrate how this tool can take you far beyond a surface and literal meaning.
The Bible narrative is expressed in an exquisite artistic style that makes it much more than a simple story. The linguistic artistry drew the ancient people of Israel into a rich depth of meaning about their God, what He is doing in this world, and the role He is asking His people to play. Above all, they came to know and love their God whom Christians call the Father, and they intensely desired to live in harmony with Him so they could draw near to His presence. This is what the Hebraic artistry of the Old Testament text conveys.
The optional workbooks for this course for individual or group study, entitled "Walking the Land of the Old Testament", parts 1-3 by Anne Kimball Davis, are available for purchase on Amazon.