Course information | 122 Pentateuch (HNS CHC DL) S1 2025

Henderson Campus

3 Smythe Road
Private Bag 93104
Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

P +64 9 836 7800 or 0800 999 777
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Christchurch Campus

70 Condell Avenue
Papanui
Christchurch 8053
New Zealand

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Distance Learning

3 Smythe Road, Henderson
Private Bag 93104
Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

P +64 9 836 7836 or 0800 999 777
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Laidlaw Website

0800 999 777

Welcome

Here's the Zoom link for each day's class, beginning at 9.00am

Here is the link to a video of the First tutorial

17 February - 23 February

Here is the link to the "Welcome to the Course" video

Laidlaw Orientation at all Campuses

This is the link to a video in which I (briefly!) introduce myself.

24 February - 2 March

Link to this week's video

Welcome to the Course

The Pentateuch - A Super Summary!

The Pentateuch - A Super Summary! (PowerPoint)

Some Important Geography

Project - The Pentateuch in Canonical Perspective

Answers - The Pentateuch in Canonical Perspective

The Importance of Genesis

The Structure of Genesis

The Structure of Genesis (PowerPoint)

Comments on Genesis 1.1-3

The Realisation of Primaeval Blessing in Genesis

Chart of Genesis Genealogies

3 March - 9 March

Link to this week's video

Comments on Genesis 1:3-13 (Creation Days One, Two and Three)

Comments on Genesis 1:3-13 (PowerPoint)

Comments on Genesis 1:14-31 (Creation Days, Four, Five and Six)

Comments on Genesis 1:14-31 (PowerPoint)

Comments on Genesis 2:1-3 (The Seventh Day)

The seven-day pattern in the ancient Near East and the Bible

The Parallel Structure of Genesis 1:1-2:3 (PowerPoint)

Some OT Texts related to Monotheism - for your consideration

The text of Genesis 1:1-2:3 - for your reflection

Monotheism in Genesis and the Old Testament

Monotheism in Genesis and the Old Testament (PowerPoint)

Jesus as Creator in the NT and Paul's placement of Jesus in the Shema'

10 March - 16 March

Link to this week's video

Comments on the First Toledoth: (1) God Forms the First Humans (Genesis 2:4-25)

Sanctuary Symbolism in the Garden of Eden Story (Summary)

The First Toledoth: Genesis 2-4 (Part 1 Genesis 2)

Comments on the First Toledoth: (2) Sin Enters God's Good Creation (Genesis 3:1-24)

The temptation in chapter 3 - answer key

The Location of the Garden of Eden

The location of the Garden of Eden

Gordon Wenham - Sanctuary Symbolism and the Garden of Eden (full article)

The Image of God (Please read me first)

The Image of God - Reading 1

The Image of God - Reading 2

17 March - 23 March

Link to this week's video

Readings for this week - Please read me first

Course Notes - Genesis and Science

Genesis and Science (PowerPoint)

Walton and Hill - Science and the Bible

Brisco - The View from the Tell

24 March - 30 March

Link to this week's video

Please read me first

Joel Green "Reframing Original Sin" (Part 1)

Joel Green "Reframing Original Sin" (Part 2)

Gordon Wenham "Original Sin in Genesis 1-11"

Course notes - Original Sin

Please read me first

Original Sin and Death - the text of Romans 5

Tom Schreiner "Original Sin and Original Death: Romans 5:12-19

Link to Cornelius Plantinga Jr. and "Sin. Not the Way It's Supposed to Be"

Cornelius (Neil) Plantinga Jr. - Not the Way It's Supposed to Be

Please read me first - Readings on Death in Genesis 3

Robert Gordon - Death in Genesis 2-3

Bruce Wells - Death in Genesis 2-3

Course notes: Thoughts on Death in Genesis 2-3

31 March - 6 April

Link to this week's video

Course notes - Cain, Abel, and the Rise of Technology (Genesis 4)

Project 1 - Cain and Able (Genesis 4:1-5) - answers

Project 2 - The Rise of Technology (Genesis 4:17-24) - answers

Course notes - From Adam to Noah - Before the Flood (Gen 5:1-6:8)

The image of God revisited

The Image in Genesis 5 - A Project (another solution)

The Image in Genesis 5 - Notes (another solution)