Playing by the Rules, Pt. 2: Understanding the Jewish Scriptures According to their Different Genres

Playing by the Rules, Pt. 2: Understanding the Jewish Scriptures According to their Different GenresDr. Michael Rydelnik, Instructor Too often when we interpret the Bible, people only do what is right in their own eyes, making it say whatever we want it to. But the art and science of biblical interpretation calls us to study it according to sound interpretive principles. This class will focus on how to interpret Scripture according to the varying genres with practice right in class. Approx. 6 hours of teaching on 3 DVDs or Online Streaming. (2026)

Dr. Michael Rydelnik, Instructor

Too often when we interpret the Bible, people only do what is right in their own eyes, making it say whatever we want it to. But the art and science of biblical interpretation calls us to study it according to sound interpretive principles. This class will focus on how to interpret Scripture according to the varying genres with practice right in class. 

Approx. 6 hours of teaching on 3 DVDs or Online Streaming. (2026)

Dr. Michael Rydelnik is Vice President/Academic Dean and Professor of Jewish Studies and Bible at Moody Bible Institute. He is also the Host/Bible Teacher on Open Line with Dr. Michael Rydelnik, answering listener Bible questions on over 280 stations nationwide across Moody Radio. The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an observant Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. As a high school student, Michael became a follower of Jesus the Messiah and began teaching the Bible almost immediately. Besides his work on The Moody Bible Commentary and The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy as co-editor and contributor, Michael is also the author of 50 Most Important Bible Questions, The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic? and Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict.