Judah Bible Curriculum Review

There is no shortage of Bible curriculum in the homeschool world. Many curricula have Bible study built into their studies but some do not. Biblical Principle Approach places God at the center of every subject, but there is still a need for more formal Bible study. The choice I made is Judah Bible Curriculum.

What is the Judah Bible Curriculum?

The Judah Bible Curriculum is a “Principle Approach” Bible curriculum whose distinctives are the following:

• The BIBLE is the textbook. The student studies and learns the Bible.
• The student learns God’s purpose in history, studying the hand of God in the lives of men and nations through the Bible.
• The student develops his reasoning ability, helping him to apply Biblical principles personally.
• The curriculum helps you shift from rote learning to Biblical reasoning.
• The student learns the relationship between the sovereignty of God and the personal responsibility of the individual.
• The student learns the relationship between individual character and national liberty.

To Learn More About the Principle Approach to Homeschooling

We have a four part series to answer why, how, and what in regards to the Principle Approach® education for homeschoolers.

The Principle Approach® provides the structure of truth that frames true education. Wisdom is the key and the Principle Approach method forms wisdom as children learn how to think and reason from a Biblical perspective in order to redirect their humanness towards God.

• Part I: The Principle Approach® is a Philosophy
• Part II: The Principle Approach® is a Method
• Part III: The Principle Approach® is a Curriculum
• Part IV: The Principle Approach® Basic Training

How the Judah Bible Curriculum works:

The Bible is divided into five overarching themes that are covered each year. Your family reads through the Bible each year, highlighting different people, events and scriptures. A weekly leading idea and scripture are offered in the hard copy version. The curriculum rotates every six years (after a one year intro the first year).

What I love about it:

• It’s a notebook method (which is consistent with what we already do), so your kids are reasoning from God’s word for themselves and producing their own pages. The hard copy version comes with a comb bound books with notebooking ideas and samples that are a great place to get inspiration.
• The 8 instructional tapes that come with the hard copy are wonderful. They introduce the idea of thinking governmentally, teaching through the themes and so much more. I enjoyed them and still refer back to them from time to time.
• Your child studies the Bible for himself. There’s no lesson to interpret scripture for you, no curriculum to follow (even though it’s called that, there are no formal lessons). The Holy Spirit guides the lesson tailored to your family.
• It studies the Bible governmentally (that is, who or what is in control). I love this! We are noting God’s providence, His character and nature and through key sheets we learn why things happened the way they did.
• It encourages Biblical scholarship and mastery of Bible study tools.
• It’s so affordable. $99 plus shipping ($37 if you choose the online version) .gets me all I need for all my kids for all our years of homeschooling. That’s an amazing deal!
• Easy to use. It does not require a lot of preparation on my part. I can study right alongside my kids. They become my study helpers and we dive into the word of God together.

What I’m not crazy about:

• Ordering. It can be a challenge and take longer than you intended to receive it. The creator goes out of the country on mission trips frequently, so it can be a little dicey. Thankfully he is working stateside with a potential distributor, so hopefully that issue will go away soon.
• Online version. I wish it was as complete as the hard copy. I talked with the creator and he says they are working on getting the audio teaching online and that will be terrific. Those tapes are so helpful.

All in all, Judah Bible Curriculum is perfect with Biblical Principle Approach because that’s where the creator is coming from. It’s a nice way to ease into Biblical Principle Approach as well, if it’s new to you. And the drawbacks would still not keep me from buying or recommending it to others.

To see more, please visit Judah Bible Curriculum.

~ Originally published May 2009.