Final Session of our Seminar in Biblical Typology

Earlier this evening we conducted the fourth and final session of our brief summer course in Biblical Typology. It's a big subject, so a four-hour course can only scratch the surface.

We had a wonderful group of  participants. Between 65 and 80 people attended each session. They were obviously very interested in the subject (after all, they kept coming back for more) and I trust they all found it spiritually rewarding.

The course PowerPoint presentations -- in both PowerPoint and PDF formats -- are available on the "Documents" page of my little Bible Study website here: Parish Bible Study

Also available on that page is all the handout material provided to the participants.

If, however, you would rather just view the Session 4 PowerPoint online, you can view it here: Biblical Typology Session 4.

More on the Historicity of the Bible

A few days ago (click to read blog entry) I wrote about archaeologists in Egypt finding coins inscribed with the biblical Joseph's image and name. Today I accidentally happened on another, similar article, this one published in Smithsonian Magazine, describing the discovery and excavation of what is thought to be the altar that Joshua built after he had led the Israelites into what was then Canaan. This spot was also where Joshua divided up the Holy Land and allotted each of the tribes its particular piece of the land.

Excavated Altar of Joshua on Mt. Ebal

It is a fascinating article and certainly worth reading by anyone who has any interest at all in the Bible. As I have mentioned before, we are constantly being told by scholars that this or that event described in Holy Scripture really never happened...and then the archaeologists come along and say to the scholars, "Not so fast..." In this one sense, then, God continues to reveal His truth thousands of years after the fact. Click here to read the Smithsonian Magazine article.