This schedule is based upon an "as-needed" concept of learning which allows
for flexibility and student input
for the course. Thus, the schedule will be developed
in sections or modules as the study progresses in order
to best meet the needs of the learners, the learning process and to allow
the professor to mentor the learners
in the most significant directions and ways of learning. This method
of learning is, therefore, learner or student-
centered, active, experiential, collaborative, interactive, creative
and critically reflective/contemplative,
and downright enjoyable. This schedule is organic and alive with possibilities.
Assignments will be found listed here.
Please
monitor that your email is working (empty your trash file regularly)
and check your email regularly.
Week
1: Introduction; What is the Hebrew Bible
/ Old Testament? Why study it?
8/21
Harris 1-15; Torah
Week
2:
Harris 15-49; Who
Wrote the Torah? / A
List of the 613 Mitzvot
8/28
[individual course withdrawal period: 8/28-10-27]
Week
3: Harris 53-80; What
are J, E, P & D?
9/4
Week
4: Harris 82-105
9/11
Genesis 1-11; Writers
of Genesis / Genesis,
Science & "Scientific Creationism"
Comparison
of the Babylonian & Noahic Flood Stories
Week
5: Harris 105-114, 116-121; What
is Midrash? / Patriarchs
& the Origins of Judaism
9/18
Genesis 12-15; Exodus 1-7
Week
6: Harris 121-129
9/25
Exodus 11-15, 19-20, 24, 32-34
Group
Project Guidelines (Essay & Presentation
in week 10)
Online guest
(9/25-28): Dr.
Barry Bandstra (Reading
the Old Testament, Wadsworth
Publishing, 1999)
Old
Testament History (Bandstra)
Week
7: Harris 144-154, 161-170
10/2
Joshua 24; 1 Samuel 9:26-10:1; 11:12-12:25; 18:1-9; 31
2 Samuel 5:1-15; 7; 11-12
* No Class
on 10/3 to work on Group Projects
Week
8: Harris 171-175, 183-187, 189-196
10/9
Mid-semester Evaluations due to mentor's email 10/11-12
Week
9: Harris 197-205; Prophets
& Prophecy
10/16
Hosea 1-3, 8-9, 13-14
* No class on 10/19 to work on collaborative project
Group Project Essays due on class list 10/19-20
Week
10: Group Presentations 10/24, 26
10/23
Individual essays evaluating the
collaborative process of the Group Project (300 words)
to be sent to the mentor's email 10/26-28
[last
day to drop an individual course: 10/27]
Week
11: Harris 209-221
10/30
Jeremiah 1, 31-32; Ezekiel 1-2; 36:16-32; Isaiah 49-53
Week 12:
Harris 227-228, 230-243
11/6
Jonah; Psalms 1, 8, 22, 27, 44, 51, 119, 130, 137
Final,
Individual Essay Guidelines
Week
13: Harris 245-252;
11/13
Job 1-7, 19, 31-32, 38-42
Online guest
(11/13-16): Dr. Stephen Harris (Understanding the Bible, Mayfield
Publishing, 2000)
Week
15: Dead
Sea Scrolls; Conclusion
Final Essay is due to the mentor's email address by noon, December 7, 2000
Also due at the same time as the final essay, is the Self-reflective,
self-evaluation essay on the
learning process in this course of study. The Final Essay and the Self-reflection
Essay are to be
submitted together in a single email. Thank you.
RST 320 Syllabus
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