1.1 The Holy Bible

• The Bible as the inspired word of God
• Human authors inspired to write the Holy Bible
• Categories of the Old Testament books
• Literary forms used in writing the Bible
• The poetic form: presenting a song from the Psalms

• describe the Bible as the inspired word of God
• identify human authors inspired to write the Holy Bible
• organise the Old Testament books according to their categories
• distinguish the literary forms used in writing the Bible
• utilise the poetic form and present a song from the book of Psalms
• acknowledge that the Bible is the inspired word of God

“How were human authors inspired to write the Bible?”

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1. The Bible as the inspired word of God
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   What inspiration means, the evidence given for it, and the human authors through whom the Bible was written.
2. The Old Testament books and the Bible's literary forms
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   How the thirty-nine Old Testament books are grouped, the literary forms used across the Bible, and why recognising the form matters.
3. How the Bible came to us: writing, collection and translation
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How inspired writings were collected, copied and translated so that a Kenyan learner can read them today.
4. Reading the Bible's literary forms well
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Worked readings of narrative, law, proverb, parable and apocalyptic, applying the forms named in the previous lessons.
5. Presenting a song from the Psalms
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Hebrew parallelism practised on set psalms, then a short sung or spoken presentation as the curriculum requires.