Enjoying Paul's Letters and the Old Testament

Enjoying Paul's Letters and the Old Testament is the second Scripture Course I taught in Cloyne Diocese when I was engaged in pastoral ministry and adult religious education in Ireland before coming to minister in the USA. It treats all the letters of the New Testament and the first third of the Old Testament. You can read the course outline below and also some excerpts.

Enjoying Paul's Letters and the Old Testament (You can read selections in blue below)
Lesson 1	Most of Lesson 1 is similar to Lesson 1 in Enjoying the Bible It also contains a short section on the Significance of the Old Testament (Thereafter both Old and New Testament sections of the course run concurrently)
	Old Testament	New Testament
2	Part A: Introduction to the Old Testament Part B: First Account of Creation: Genesis 1:1-2:4a	Introduction to Paul First Letter to the Thessalonians Second Letter to the Thessalonians
3	Second Account of Creation: Genesis 2:4b-25 Who wrote Genesis and the Pentateuch?	Letter to the Galatians The brothers and sisters of Jesus (1:19)
4	The Fall: Genesis 3	Letter to the Philippians
5	Sin Spreads: Genesis 4-11	First Letter to the Corinthians 1-6
6	Abraham: Genesis 12:1-25:18	First Letter to the Corinthians 7-11 see my comment on 1 Cor 11
7	Isaac and Jacob: Genesis 25:19-37:1	First Letter to the Corinthians 12-16 see my comment on 1 Cor 12 see my comment on 1 Cor 14:33b-36
8	Joseph: Genesis 37:2-50:26	Second Letter to the Corinthians
9	Hebrews Oppressed in Egypt Call of Moses Exodus 1:1-7:7	Letter to the Romans 1-8
10	Plagues, Passover Exodus and Desert Exodus 7:8-18:27	Letter to the Romans 9-16
11	Decalogue, Covenant, Ark and Tabernacle Exodus 19-20	Letter to the Colossians Letter to Philemon
12	Book of Leviticus	Letter to the Ephesians 1-3
13	Book of Numbers	Letter to the Ephesians 4-6 see my comment on Eph 5:21-6:9
14	Book of Deuteronomy	First Letter to Timothy
15	Deuteronomic History Book of Joshua The concept of 'Holy War' Book of Judges	Letter to Titus Second Letter to Timothy
16	Book of Ruth Samuel, King Saul and David (1 Samuel)	Letter to the Hebrews 1-6
17	King David (2 Samuel)	Letter to the Hebrews 7-13
18	First Book of Kings Timeline of the Monarchy and Prophets	Letter of James
19	Second Book of Kings First and Second Book of Chronicles	First Letter of Peter
20	Ezra Nehemiah Esther Old Testament in Liturgical and Private Prayer	Letter of Jude Second Letter of Peter

Praying the Bible

A highlight of the Scripture Courses I taught each night was 20 minutes of prayer using the Bible. These guided biblical meditations were so popular that many course participants asked to have some of them recorded. Visit An Hour with Jesus, Our Life, God's Gift and Let's Talk to Jesus where you can listen to samples in audio. For some reaction to the Scripture Course and biblical meditations, see an excerpt of one of my homilies for Vocation Sunday