Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Explain where Cain got his wife and how he founded a city

• Explain how the following subscription is accurate: “The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended” (Psa 72:20)

• Describe the cosmology behind the Day of Atonement ritual

• Refute the idea that God was unfair to Pharaoh when God hardened Pharaoh’s heart

• Explain the cause of Israel’s withdrawal from battle in 2 Kgs 3

• Explain why the verse about angels troubling waters doesn’t appear in most new English translations of John 5:1–9

• Understand Paul’s command to deliver a sinful church member to Satan

• Explain what it means to speak of a sin unto death

• Explain the various ways the New Testament applies “apostle” to different categories of people

• Explain why Jesus compared Himself to a serpent

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: Cain’s Offspring and Heritage (Gen 4:10–17)

• Literary Context (Gen 4:10–17)

• Non-Biblical People?

• Problems in Genesis 4:10–17

• Explaining Cain

Unit 2: Prayers of David Completed (Psa 72:20)

• Interpretive Issue (Psa 72:20)

• Book of Psalms: Compilation and Structure

• Nature of Superscriptions

• Summary (Psa 72:20)

Unit 3: Scapegoat (Lev 16:6–22)

• Interpretive Issues (Lev 16:6–22)

• Azazel and the Wilderness

• Where Sin Belongs

Unit 4: Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart (Exod 7:3–4)

• Interpretive Issue (Exod 7:3–4)

• The Order of the Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart

• Background to the Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart

• Wilfull Pharaoh and Sovereign God

Unit 5: Efficacious Pagan Sacrifice? (2 Kgs 3)

• Interpretive Issue (1 Kgs 3:27)

Invasion of Moab

• Pagan Sacrifice and Victory

• Consequences of Unbelief

Unit 6: Troubling Text: Troubling the Water (John 5:1–9)

• Interpretive Issue (John 5:1–9)

• The Missing Verse

• Contemporary Reasons to Omit

• First-Century Reasons to Omit

Unit 7: Handing over to Satan (1 Cor 5:1–5)

• Interpretive Issues (1 Cor 5:1–5)

• Delivered unto Satan

• Destruction of the Flesh

Unit 8: Sin that Leads to Death (1 John 5:16–17)

• Interpretive Issue (1 John 5:16–17)

• Which Sins Lead to Death?

• God’s Right to Judge

• Physical Death

Unit 9: “To all the apostles” (1 Cor 15:3–9)

• Interpretive Issue (1 Cor 15:3–9)

• To Cephas, and then to “the Twelve”

• Four Types of Apostles

• Today’s Apostles

Unit 10: Jesus and the Serpent in the Wilderness (John 3:13–15)

• Interpretive Issue (John 3:13–15)

• Serpent Symbolism

Conclusion

• Enhancing Your Study of Scripture with Logos

Details

• Title: BI165 Problems in Bible Interpretation: Difficult Passages V

• Instructor: Michael S. Heiser

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2020

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 2