Downloadable Materials Click the links below to download lesson notes, outlines, and handouts. You can also watch the lessons here. Lesson notes and outlines — How did we get the Bible? The formation of the canon — What is the “best” Bible translation? Hermeneutical challenges resulting from translating the Bible — How to understand the Bible: introduction to hermeneutics (biblical interpretation) — How to understand the Bible: miracles, idioms, and exaggeration — How to understand the Bible: poetry, songs, and psalms — How to understand the Bible: historical narrative & proverbs — How to understand the Bible: letters/epistles — How to understand the Bible: parables — How to understand the Bible: reading the OT in light of Christ — How to understand the Bible: covenants and OT law — How to understand the Bible: prophecy — How to understand the Bible: a whole-Bible approach to making moral and ethical decisions Handouts — Interpretation/hermeneutics terms and definitions — Discourse analysis: tracing reference sheet — Example of tracing a passage by Thomas R. Schreiner Articles — “Tracing an Argument” by Brian Vickers