"The Faith of the Outsider"
ADULT EDUCATION SERIES
Starting Sunday, September 21st
Outsiders & Insiders of all Sorts are Welcome
9/21 Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Introduction

9/28  Anne Putnam
Esau and Jacob

10/5  Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Tamar's Resolve, Judah's Family, Israel's Future

10/12 Anne Putnam
Rahab: Prostitute, Canaanite, Woman of Great Faith

10/19  Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Jonah: Prophet Among, To, Against Outsiders

10/26  Anne Putnam
Naaman's Cure, Gehazi's Curse

11/2  Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Ruth: The Moabite Connection

11/9  no class (Homecoming)

11/16  Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Jonah

11/23  no class (child protection training)

11/30 no class (Christmas Decorating)

12/7 Alice Yafeh-Deigh
Ruth

12/14 Anne Putnam
The Queen of Sheba and the Magi: Outsiders Seeking God
Throughout the Old and New Testaments, there are many stories of men and women who are outside
of the faith community, but who demonstrate remarkable faith in God. In looking at some of these
stories, we will examine the insider/outsider theme in the Bible, the nature of faith, and the nature of
relationship between God and men/women.

The Bible itself is our textbook, but many of the ideas presented are taken from the book The Faith of
the Outsider: Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story by Frank Anthony Spina (Eerdmans, 2005).
No reading or preparation is required. Each lesson will be a unit, so you can come to one or come to all.

Instructors for this series are:

Alice Yafeh-Deigh: Alice has studied in her native Cameroon, in Paris and at
Yale and she is now completing her dissertation for a Ph.D. at Princeton
Theological Seminary.

Anne Putnam: Anne has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA
from the Wharton School. She is President of Nota Bene Associates, Inc., a
company that develops software for academic writing and research.
SCHEDULE
“YHWH your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.”
— Rahab, a Canaanite prostitute, speaking to two Hebrew men (Joshua 2:11)

“Your people will be my people and your God my God.”
— Ruth from Moab speaking to her mother-in-law, Naomi, a Hebrew woman (Ruth 1:16)

“I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.”
—Jesus, speaking about the Roman centurion who asked for his servant’s healing (Matt 8:10)