| Week |
Date |
Activities |
| 1. |
08/23 |
Course Introduction Introduction
to Historical-Critical Methods
History of Biblical Composition and Interpretations
Overview of the Jewish Scriptures
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| 2. |
08/30 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The Mythic Southern
Yahwist (J) and Northern Elohist (E) Traditions Read:
F& S "Introduction," Chapter 1, Appendix A; Genesis 2, 3-4, 6-8, 11-16,
18-19, 25-29, 34, 37-39, 42-45, 47, 49, 50; Exodus 2-4, 5, 9, 10, 15, 34; Numbers 13, 14,
16.
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| 3. |
09/06 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The Yahwist and
Elohist Traditions Read: F&S Chapter 2, Appendix B;
Genesis 20-22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 40, 48; Exodus 1, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21-23, 32-33; Numbers
11, 12, 22-24. |
| 4. |
09/13 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The
Post-Assyrian/Pre-Exilic Deuteronomic Tradition (Emerging Hebrew Identity) Read: F&S Chapters 3 and 4, Appendix C; Deuteronomy 1-4, 34; Joshua
1-21; 1 Chronicles 1-6. |
| 5. |
09/20 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The
Post-Assyrian/Pre-Exilic Deuteronomic Tradition (Two Kingdoms) Read: F&S Chapters 5, 6, 7, Appendix D; 1 Samuel 3-31, 2 Samuel
1-18; 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chronicles 10-2 Chronicles 9 |
| 6. |
09/27 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The
Post-Assyrian/Pre-Exilic Deuteronomic Tradition Read:
F&S Chapters 8 and 9, Appendix E; 1 Kings 12-13; 2 Chronicles 10-11 |
| 7. |
10/04 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The
Post-Assyrian/Pre-Exilic Deuteronomic Tradition (Assyrian Conquest and Josiah's
Reformation) Read: F&S Chapters 10 and 11, Appendix
F; 2 Kings 18-25; 2 Chronicles 29-36; Isaiah 36-39; Deuteronomy 14-24 |
| 8. |
10/11 |
Midterm Exam |
| 9. |
10/18 |
Pre-Exilic and Exilic Prophetic
Traditions (Babylonian Captivity) Read: 1 Samuel 3-7; 1
Kings 17-2 Kings 8; Amos, Hosea, Proto-Isaiah , Deutero-Isaiah , Jeremiah
Last day to withdraw with a grade of W: 10/19 |
| 10. |
10/25 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The Post-Exilic
Levitical (Priestly) Tradition (Emerging Jewish Identity) Read:
F&S Chapter 12, Appendix G; Genesis 1, 7, -9, 17, 23, 25, 36, 46 |
| 11. |
11/01 |
Pentateuch/Torah: The Post-Exilic
Priestly Tradition Leviticus 1-27; Exodus 6-7, 12, 14,
16, 20, 25-31, 35-40; Numbers 1-10, 17-18, 27, 30-36; Ezra |
| 12. |
11/08 |
Poetic Genres Read: Lamentations; Psalms 3, 66, 104, 110; Song of Solomon |
| 13. |
11/15 |
Post-Prophetic Apocalypses and
Apocalypticism Read: 1 Maccabees 1-4; 2 Maccabees 5-10;
Trito-Isaiah 40-55; Daniel 1-12; Ezekiel 1-24, 33-39, 40-48; 2 Esdras |
| 14. |
11/22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
