| Week | Date | Assignments Due |
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| Instructor-Led Discussion |
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| Week 1 | Aug 26 | |
| Aug 28 | Who Wrote the Bible?
How Were the Books of the Bible Composed?
Gen 6:1-9:29 |
| Aug 30 | NOAB: "The Canons of the Bible (The Hebrew Bible, The Greek Bible, 2235-2241)"
NOAB: "Textual Criticism (2241-2246)"
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| Week 2 | Sep 4 | NOAB: "Introduction to the Pentateuch (3-6)"
Gen 1:1-2:25
Reaction Paper 1: Keefer chaps. 1-3 |
| Sep 6 | NOAB: "The Interpretation of the Bible from the Nineteenth to the Mid-twentieth Centuries (2275-2280)"
NOAB: "Contemporary Methods in Biblical Study (2281-2288)"
Ways of Reading the Bible
Sample Readings of Biblical Passages
Gen 3:1-24 |
| Week 3 | Sep 9 | Matt 19:16-22; Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23
Reaction Paper 2: Keefer chaps. 4-6 |
| Sep 11 | Gen 18:1-19:38 |
| Sep 13 | Gen 16:1-16; 21:8-21; Jdg 13:1-16:31 |
| Week 4 | Sep 16 | Gen 22:1-19; 1 Cor 10:1-13; Gal 3:21-29
Reaction Paper 3: Trible, Texts of Terror |
| Sep 18 | Jonah 1-4; Philemon |
| Sep 20 | 1 Sam 18:1-20:42; 2 Sam 1:25-26; Gen 37:1-36; 39:1-47:31 |
| Week 5 | Sep 23 | John 1:1-18; 3:1-21 |
| Sep 25 | Acts 2:1-47; Mark 16:1-20 |
| Sep 27 | Exam 1 |
| Student-Assisted Discussion |
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| Week 6 | Sep 30 | Gen 11:26-12:20 - Map: Abraham's homeland - Origin Stories: Questions
Reaction Paper 4: Alter, chap. 3 (pp. 55-78) |
| Oct 2 | 1 Kgs 3:1-15; 2 Chr 1:1-13 - Kings and Chronicles - 1 Kgs 3:1-15 || 2 Chr 1:1-13 - Redaction-Critical Reading of Kings & Chronicles: Questions |
| Oct 4 | Exod 7:1-11:10; 12:21-36 - Aristotelian Comedy: Questions |
| Week 7 | Oct 7 | 1 Sam 9:1-11:15; 13:1-15; 15:1-17:58 - Aristotelian Tragedy: Questions
Reaction Paper 5: Alter, chap. 8 (pp. 193-220) |
| Oct 9 | Matt 25:31-46 - Look at all six images of the Last Judgment - Comparative Literature/Art: Questions |
| Oct 11 | Jdg 4:17-22; 5:24-27; Jdt 12:10-13:10 - Feminist Reading of Positive Portrayals of Women as Victors: Questions |
| Week 8 | Oct 14 | 1 Kgs 21:1-29; 2 Kgs 9:30-37; 11:1-21 - Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah - Jezebel & Athaliah's Families - Jehu bowing before Assyrian king - Feminist Reading of Negative Portrayals of Women as Victors: Questions
Reaction Paper 6: Erich Auerbach, "Odysseus' Scar" |
| Oct 16 | Exod 12:37-39; 13:17-15:21 - Reception History: Questions |
| Oct 18 | Josh 7:1-26 - Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" - Postcolonial Reading: Questions |
| Week 9 | Oct 21 | Matt 1:18-2:23; Luke 2:1-40 - A Comparison of the Two Narratives of Jesus' Birth - Tradition History: Questions
Book Review |
| Oct 23 | John 4:1-42; 5:1-18 - Seven Discourses/Seven Signs in the Gospel of John - My Letter to the Giant Indian - Reader Response: Questions |
| Oct 25 | James 2:1-7 - Marxism: Questions |
| Week 10 | Oct 28 | 2 Sam 15:1-20:22; 1 Kgs 1:1-53
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (Years 449-601, 774-800) - Tendenzkritik (Viewpoint Criticism): Questions
Reaction Paper 7: Baruch Halpern, "King David, Serial Killer" |
| Oct 30 | Gen 5:1-32; 10:1-32; 1 Chron 2:1-17; 3:1-24; 6:25-28; Matt 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38 - Reasons for Compiling a Genealogy - Sociological Approach: Questions |
| Nov 1 | Discuss group presentations, choose topics |
| Week 11 | Nov 4 | Esther 1-10 - Bakhtinian (Absurdist) Reading: Questions |
| Nov 6 | Song of Solomon 1-8 (entire book) - Hebrew Poetry, A Short Overview - Poetry: Questions
Reaction Paper 8: David Liberto, "To Fear or Not to Fear? Christ as Sophos in Luke’s Passion Narrative," Expository Times 114.7 (2003): 219-23 |
| Nov 8 | Mark 6:30-44; 8:1-10, 14-21 - Feeding of the 5000 and 4000 in Mark - Questions: Forklore |
| Student-Led Discussion |
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| Week 12 | Nov 11 | Hebrews 9:1-10:18 - Ecocriticism: Questions |
| Nov 13 | Group 1: Presentation #1 - Psychological Approach (2 Sam 12:1-14; Ps 51; Mark 5:25-34) |
| Nov 15 | Group 2: Presentation #1 - Queer Theory |
| Week 13 | Nov 18 | Bibles Edited for Specific Purposes: The Slave Bible and Thomas Jefferson's Bible - Edited Bibles: Questions |
| Nov 20 | Group 2: Presentation #2 |
| Nov 22 | Group 1: Presentation #2 |
| Week 14 | Nov 25 | NO CLASS MEETING
Work on Literary Analysis paper |
| Nov 27 | NO CLASS MEETING
Work on Literary Analysis paper |
| Nov 29 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| Week 15 | Dec 2 | Group 1: Presentation #3 |
| Dec 4 | Group 2: Presentation #3 |
| Dec 6 | STUDY DAY |
| Finals Week | Dec 13
11:00-12:50 | Final Group Presentations
Literary Analysis Paper |
