Bible Study – Year 2

Welcome to Year 2 of Bible Study at the Cathedral!

Classes are held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. via ZOOM. A ZOOM link will be sent to registered students.

On this page you will find the syllabus, class notes, and other supplemental material. Return frequently to find updates.

We will continue to use the Little Rock Study Bible, although any Catholic Bible is fine.

We will use Come and See: David and the Psalms for the first part of the year, and then return to Come and See: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel.

Please keep your Catechism of the Catholic Church in your study area.

Supplemental resources for class:

Biblegateway.com – Resource to read or Search for Scriptures

Please take a moment and watch the following videos:

• The Case for God, Episode 1 – Egypt
• The Case for God, Episode 2 – Assyria

Click here to view a chart of the Chronology of the Books of the Bible from Agape Bible Study. (Michal E. Hunt, “The Chronological Books of Bible History.”  AgapeBibleStudy.com, 2000, Revised 2006)

• Documents on the Study of Scripture
  • Dei Verbum – Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Vatican II Document)
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church: Sacred Scripture, §101 – 141
  • Comparison of Dei Verbum and the CCC on Sacred Scripture | Fr. Felix Just SJ
  • Interpretation of the Bible in the Church | Pontifical Biblical Commission
  • The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible | Pontifical Council
    • Response to The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures | Jewish-Christian Relations
  • Divino Afflante Spiritu – On Promoting Biblical Studies
  • Providentissimus Deus – On the Study of Holy Scripture
  • Verbum Domini (The Word of God): Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on The Word of God

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For March 1 – Jeremiah 1-11

Class slides

• Video: The Book of Jeremiah Explained | Bishop Boyea, Diocese of Lansing
• Video: Ancient Mesopotamia 101 | National Geographic
• Paper: The Prophet Jeremiah – Before and During the Babylonian Exile

Video: The Babylonian Empire – Great Civilizations of History

For March 8 – Jeremiah 12-20

Class slides

• Video: The Judean Exile to Babylonia
• Video: Jeremiah, Suffering and Bearing the Cross | Brant Pitre

For March 15 – Jeremiah 21 – 36

Class slides

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable | USCCB

• Video: Exile and the Lost Tribes of Israel
• Video: Tisha B’Av and the Power of Rachel’s Tears

March 22 – Lamentations 1-5

Class slides

• The Knox Catholic Bible – Lamentations 1-5
• Video: Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo – Weeping over Jerusalem – The Lamentations of Jeremiah | Institute of Catholic Culture
• English Translation of the Septuagint, Lamentations

• Article: What is Tenebrae?
• Magnificat Article: Tenebrae: A Sacred Journey by James Monti – Magnificat Holy Week 2021 (www.magnificat.com)
• The Tenebrae Liturgy

• Video: The Hearse Beckons – What is Tenebrae?
• Video: What is Tenebrae | Wyoming Catholic College School
• Video: Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis – Tenebrae 2019 live
• Video: Gregorian Chant of the Lamentations of Jeremiah

March 29 – Jeremiah 31 – 43

• Class Slides
• Vatican document: Nostra Aerate

• Video: The Reproaches (Micah 6) | The 2013 Good Friday Liturgy at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, New York City.

April 5 – Jeremiah 43-52

• Class Slides

• St. Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho

April 12 – Baruch

• Class Slides

• Video: The Book of Baruch | Fr. Trevor Tibbersma
• Video: How Papyrus is made
• Video: Making Parchment
• Video: Parchment
• YouTube Movie: The Bible Collection – Jeremiah

April 19 – Wisdom Literature; Proverbs 1-9,

Aril 26– – Proverbs 10 – 22

May 3 – Proverbs 22 – 31

May 10- Ecclesiastes

May 17 – Song of Songs

May 24 –