Rev. Dr. Kristine Ruffatto
Retired Professor of Old Testament Studies at LTS
September 9–11, 2022
Kuriakos, Sylvan Lake, AB
An Adult Look at Sunday School Stories
Sessions:
- Noah’s Ark
- Moses & the Exodus
- David: The Shepherd Boy Who Became King
- Joshua, the Battle of Jericho, and the Conquest of Canaan
Summary:
When we are children, we learn the stories of the Bible and get out of them what we can. But the biblical narratives are highly literary, theological works — they are sophisticated and complex!
The biblical writers used stories to teach, to edify, and to make a theological point. The deeper we dig, the more richness we discover.
St. Augustine wrote that the Bible is “shallow enough for a child not to drown, yet deep enough for an elephant to swim.”
An in-depth look at well-known Old Testament stories enhances our understanding of their meaning and message, for ancient Israel and for us today.