Kugel= The Bible As It Was, James Kugel

A2A= From Adam to Armageddon, White and Wilson

Note: All assignments are give the class day before they are due. Bring Bible to every class.

M 8/19 First class, introduction to course.

W 8/21 In class exercise in hermeneutics using Genesis 3: What happened? Who is to "blame"?

F 8/23 No class.

Assignment for 8/26: Complete worksheet on "Meet the Sources" using Kugel pp. 36-42

M 8/26 "Meet the Sources," General Principles for Interpretation of the Tanakh, Assumptions of the Interpreters in the early Rabbinic Period.

Assignment for 8/28: A2A pp. 14-21, Disco Qs 1, 2, 5.

W 8/28 Meet in Atkins Library, 2^nd floor, Room 273 for work on research methods with Judith VanNoate

Assignment for 8/30: Memo #1 using NCLive

F 8/30 Memo #1 reports in class

M 9/2 Labor Day. No class

Assignment for 9/4: Kugel pp. 53-82, "Creation of the World" and "Adam and Eve," Disco Qs.

W 9/4 Genesis 1-3; The Patristic Period—Players and Assumptions.

Assignment for 9/6: A2A pp. 1-9, Disco Qs 2, 6 AND A2A pp. 185-193, Disco Qs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.

F 9/6 Making of Canon(s); "Understanding the Bible" video.

Assignment for 9/9: Memo #2

M 9/9 Memo #2 reports in class.

Assignment for 9/11: Kugel pp. 99-130, "Noah and the Flood" and "Tower of Babel," Disco Qs

W 9/11 Genesis 7-11; Medieval Period—Players and Assumptions

Assignment for 9/13: Kugel pp. 165-195, "Trials of Abraham" and "Lot and Lot’s Wife"

F 9/13 Contemporary midrash: Re-telling an episode from Genesis in first person.

Assignment for 9/16: Kugel pp. 199-229, "Jacob and Esau," "Jacob and the Angel."

M 9/16 Jacob; Timeline of OT History; Genogram of Abrahamic Religions

Assignment for 9/18: A2A pp. 23-30, Disco Qs 6, 7, 9, 10 AND Kugel pp. 287-308, "Growing Up in Pharaoh’s Court"

W 9/18: Moses; Reformation—Players and Assumptions

Assignment for 9/20: Memo #3

F 9/20: Memo #3 reports in class.

Assignment for 9/23: Kugel pp. 373-414, "At Mt. Sinai"

M 9/23 Mosaic Covenant and "The Life of Torah" (Kugel pp. 503-548)

Assignment for 9/25: Work on Midterm Project, due Friday.

W 9/25 Film as Hermeneutic

Assignment for 9/27: Midterm Project due.

F 9/27 Midterm Project reports in class.

Assignment for 9/30: A2A pp. 49-66 [and biblical references in A2A! Use that Bible!]; Disco Qs 1, 2, 4, 5, 12.

M 9/30 Hebrew Prophets and Hermeneutics.

Assignment for 10/2: A2A pp. 82-99, Disco Qs 2-7.

W 10/2 Wisdom Literature and Hermeneutics

Assignment for 10/4: Memo #4 AND bring Kugel to class

F 10/4 Memo#4 reports in class AND Kugel pp. 549-560 ("Afterword").