Course: Religion 111: Introduction to the Old Testament
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Recognition Hourss: 3sh
Course Expectations: Outside of class- 20 hours per hebdomad
REL 111 Introduction to the Old Testament:
This class is an scrutiny of the Hagiographas of the Old Testament. utilizing an historical and interpretative attack to these Hagiographas. GER REL and Humanities
Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this class. pupils should be able to: Meanss of Assessment
This result will be indicated by successful:
–Trace the chronology of Israel’s history from the patriarchal period through the terminal of the prophetic epoch stressing its important events. personalities. and cultural scenes. –Performance on ranked exams/quizzes.
— Study inquiries
— Questions of the Week
–Identify the assorted literary genres present
in the Old Testament.
–Performance on ranked exams/quizzes.
— Study inquiries
–Identify facets of the different moral. ethical. and theological messages of the Old Testament. –Completion of research undertaking.
–Performance on ranked exams/quizzes.
— Study Questions
— Questions of the Week
–Develop an interpretative model through the usage of scholarly research tools and methods. –Completion of research undertaking.
Textbooks
Meeks. Wayne A. Gen. erectile dysfunction. The HarperCollins Study Bible New Revised Standard Version. New York: HarperOne Inc. . 1996.
Coogan. Michael D. A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in its Context. New York: Oxford University Press. 2009.
The book can be purchased online through the MOC Bookstore at: hypertext transfer protocol: //moc. bncollege. com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage? storeId=53551 & A ; catalogId=10001 & A ; langId=-1
Course Requirements
1. Careful survey of each unit in the text edition. along with parallel reading in the Old Testament itself. is expected. The ability to react to inquiries refering the content of each chapter in the text edition every bit good as content stuff in the Old Testament which is related to it is indispensable.
2. The pupil is to subject written responses to four sets of survey inquiries found at the terminal of each chapter in the Coogan text. A list of inquiries to reply for each hebdomad can be found under the assignments for each hebdomad on Moodle and in the Course Outline and Assignments at the terminal of the course of study. These must be submitted via Moodle by 8:00 p. m. ( EST ) on the undermentioned day of the months: [ Fridays: Oct. 4 ; Oct. 11 ; Oct. 18 ; Oct. 25 ] . Each assignment is deserving up to 10 points.
Late assignments ( i. e. . assignments turned in after 8:00 p. m. on the twenty-four hours due. even if one minute tardily ) will be penalized 1 point per twenty-four hours for the first three yearss tardily. Assignments more than three yearss tardily ( i. e. . after Wednesday following the original due day of the month at 8:00 p. m. ) will have a class of nothing. Please note: 1 point is a large punishment ; it approximately equals one and a half missive classs.
All assignments must be formatted as follows: 12-point Times New Roman Font. 1-inch borders. single-spaced. In add-on. you must type out each inquiry along with its matching figure. with your reply to the inquiry below. You must utilize complete sentences and proper grammar and sentence structure in your replies. Failure to make so will ensue in grade tax write-offs. When replying these inquiries keep these guidelines in head: “Essay” means at least 300 words ; “Discuss” means 125-200 words ; “Identify” means two or three sentences ; “List” means merely name the things asked for.
All assignments must be saved in MS-Word format as a. physician or. docx file and uploaded as an fond regard each hebdomad in Moodle. This is the lone acceptable method to subject assignments. The file name on each assignment should follow this format: studentname-assignment # . physician ( e. g. . phelps-questionsweek1. physician ) . Failure to follow these guidelines may ensue in a decreased class for the assignment.
If you are unable to salvage and direct your file as a. physician file. so you can make so as an. rtf or. txt file. Please note. nevertheless. that if you choose this latter option. you may be unable to see my remarks. since I use the redacting map in MS-Word to rate your assignments. It is the student’s duty to do certain that all sent files are in a clear format.
Answers to all inquiries can be found in your text edition or in the Bible. There is perfectly no ground to confer with other beginnings for the replies to the inquiries. Answers from the Internet or other beginnings will non be accepted. In add-on. all replies must be written in your ain words. Direct copying or film editing and gluing from the Coogan text or from any other beginning constitutes plagiarism and will ensue in a class of nothing. Be certain to mention your text and notes decently when you use them to reply inquiries ; if you do non you are plagiarising and will have a nothing.
3. Old Testament Research Project — in 3 parts. You will necessitate to travel into a college or university library for research. ( Your local public library will likely non hold these sources. ) DO NOT RELY UPON INTERNET RESOURCES FOR THIS PROJECT. A Great DEAL OF ONLINE CONTENT RELATED TO BIBLICAL STUDIES IS NEITHER SCHOLARLY NOR CORRECT ( ESPECIALLY USER-GENERATED SITES SUCH AS WIKIPEDIA ) . The research undertaking is due on Saturday November 2nd at 11:55pm. Week 5. For sitting categories. they are due four yearss after the last twenty-four hours the category meets.
The intent of this undertaking is to familiarise the pupil with resources that will enable them to analyze the Bible from a scholarly position. Your assignment will be graded for each subdivision listed in this course of study.
You must utilize beginnings that are on this sanctioned list. Please make non e-mail me bespeaking to utilize beginnings non listed in each of the undermentioned subdivisions. The beginnings listed represent the highest degrees of scholarship and as such you will necessitate to utilize one approved beginning from each subdivision. Finding them will necessitate sing a college or university library. “I unrecorded hours from a college or university library” merely means you will hold to be after in front so you can go to one.
You will necessitate to be after. over the following 5 hebdomads. to travel to a college or university library to happen these beginnings. The MOC library has plentifulness of these beginnings on the shelf and they are ready to be used. Any other college- or university-level library will hold some of them every bit good.
If the college is sacredly affiliated. the better opportunity you will hold happening an increased figure of sanctioned beginnings. Public libraries are non the same as college- or university-level libraries. You do non necessitate to purchase these beginnings. which are frequently expensive. since you can happen them in college libraries. Please note that many of these resources are mention plants. and are non available for usage outside the library. In other words. you can non look into out many of them.
A. Scholarly Diaries – Go to NCLive and entree one full-text article from one of the faith diaries listed below. Do non utilize a book reappraisal for your article. If you do non hold the needed watchword for NCLive. reach the library. It is your duty to reach the library in a timely mode and understand how to entree NCLive so that you can finish this part of the assignment. Do non wait until the weekend before it is due. You need to be after in front in order to hold clip to decently finish this portion of the assignment. Remember you will necessitate to hold the current watchword for NCLive. In 2 – 3 pages:
1. Sum up the article.
2. Supply a brief life of the author/s ( one paragraph ) .
3. Identify three ( 3 ) things you learned about the OT or OT survey from reading the article.
Approved Diaries available at NCLive are: Interpretation. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Journal of Biblical Literature. Near Eastern Archeology. and Commentary.
B. Bible Dictionary – Familiarize yourself with the lexicon. In a 2 – 3 page paper: 1. Describe the contents of the lexicon ( how it is organized. what sort of articles are included. who is the author/editor. whether each article is authored by a different individual. etc. ) . 2. Choose three ( 3 ) entries related to the survey of the OT. Entries should be at least one column in length.
a. Summarize the entry.
B. Identify the writer with a brief life ( 1-2 sentences ) .
c. Share at least one thing you learned from the article.
Approved Bible Dictionaries:
The Dictionary of Bible and Religion. William H. Gentz. erectile dysfunction.
Dictionary of the Bible. James Hastings. erectile dysfunction
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Waston E. Mills. gen. erectile dysfunction.
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. David Noel Freedman. erectile dysfunction.
The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible. John David
The Zondervan Pictoral Bible Dictionary. Merrill C. Tenny. gen. erectile dysfunction. Harper’s Bible Dictionary. Madeleine S. Miller and J. Lane Miller The Interpreter’s
Dictionary of the Bible. Keith Crim. gen. erectile dysfunction. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. gen. erectile dysfunction. Anchor Bible Dictionary. David Noel Freedman. erectile dysfunction.
C. Commentary–Choose one volume from a multi-volume Bible Commentary series. Do non utilize a one-volume commentary. The volume chosen should be on one of the books of the Old Testament. Familiarize yourself with the Commentary. In a 2 – 3 page paper: 1. Describe the contents of the commentary ( how it is organized. what sort of information is included about each book. who is the editor of the series. what interlingual rendition ( s ) the commentary utilizations. who is the writer of the commentary on the book of the Bible in the volume you chose. etc. ) . 2. Choose a Bible transition and read what the commentary says about that transition ( e. g. Genesis 1:1-2:4a ; 2 Samuel 18:8-18 ; Psalm 1 ; Joel 2:28-29. etc. ) . Sum up what the commentary says about the transition and portion at least two things you learned from reading about the transition in the commentary.
Approved Comments:
The Anchor Bible Series.
The Old Testament Library.
Smyth & A ; Helwys Bible Commentary.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. The Cambridge Bible Commentary. Interpreter’s Bible. The New Interpreter’s Bible ( note this is an updated version from The Interpreter’s Bible ) . Broadman Bible Commentary.
Interpretation
Note: The New Interpreter’s Study Bible is non an acceptable beginning. since it is non a multi-volume commentary. Please make non confound this book with The New Interpreter’s Bible. which is acceptable. mentioned above.
The research undertaking must be formatted as follows: 12-point Times New Roman Font. 1-inch borders. double-spaced. All beginnings must be documented utilizing proper certification ( MLA. APA. Chicago/Turabian ) . Note: If you use APA. you must still supply the page figure in your certification. In add-on. although each portion of this research undertaking is self-contained. a short paper in its ain right. the concluding merchandise should be one papers ( i. e. . make non direct three separate paperss ) .
Each subdivision of the concluding undertaking should be delineated clearly with the start of a new page ; there is no demand to include a separate rubric page for each subdivision. nevertheless. There is besides no demand to supply a bibliography after each subdivision ; merely include one bibliography at the terminal of the paper as a whole. which should include all beginnings used in each of the three subdivisions of the undertaking. Failure to follow these guidelines may ensue in a grade tax write-off.
It is really of import that you include every subdivision as explained. Failure to utilize sanctioned beginnings or to include each specified subdivision will ensue in points that are available NOT being earned.
The undertaking is due on Saturday _Nov. 2 @ midnight_ via fond regard in MS-Word in Moodle. Again. the file name on the assignment should follow this format: studentname-assignment. physician ( e. g. . williams-finalproject. physician ) No late assignments will be accepted. This undertaking is deserving up to 20 points.
4. Learning Forum Discussion Board. There is a “question of the week” to supply chance for critical thought and response to the thought of others in your category. Each pupil must come in a response to the inquiry of the hebdomad in the Course Forum for that hebdomad by Thursday at 8:00 p. m. of hebdomads one through four ( get downing right now! ) . The initial response must be a lower limit of 400 words. The pupil must besides react to the remarks of at least two fellow pupils by Sunday at 8:00 p. m. of each hebdomad. There will be no points for late work. Each week’s responses are deserving up to 5 points. To have full recognition. responses must demo grounds of critical analysis and that you have read the class stuffs. Your response to other pupils must be more than “I truly like your thought. ” Alternatively. state why you liked or did non like what the other pupil stated?
These inquiries are non inquiring for your sentiment. You must interact with the text edition. Biblical readings. and other class stuffs every bit good as your schoolmates. Be certain to confirm your ideas with cited scholarly cogent evidence. This is non the topographic point to articulate judgement on other spiritual positions or the positions of your schoolmates. If you disagree with something you read. so back up your place with scholarly cogent evidence ( e. g. “Sunday School” replies will non be accepted ) . Any remark deemed out-of-bounds will be flagged and no points will be rewarded. In add-on to your responses. you may post any ideas. inquiries. new thoughts. challenges to what you have ever thought that you have gained from your reading and category treatment.
Be certain to look into the Forum throughout the hebdomad. I may post responses to your stations from clip to clip. I will bespeak if you did non have recognition for a station so that you may do certain you have adequate stations for that hebdomad. Sometimes I may inquire you to lucubrate on a remark. In order to have full recognition for that station. you will necessitate to make so. It is recommended that you read all stations by the teacher and be familiar with all stuff raised during the treatment.
Please note that posting all responses in one twenty-four hours or in a short period of clip is tantamount to demoing up to a sitting category for a brief period. If you do non actively take part in the Forum. so by definition you are non run intoing the lower limit demands and you will be graded consequently. Actively take parting agencies look intoing the Forum frequently and reacting with in-depth replies which show command of class stuff. Minimal engagement will give minimal classs ( that means a “C” ) .
In order to to the full discourse your subject. you will desire to province what your ideas were before making your reading. what you learned from your reading ( being certain to mention with proper commendation class stuff in your response ) and most significantly how your reading has affected your apprehension of the subject.
The inquiries for each hebdomad are as follows: Remember. reply utilizing a lower limit of 400 words:
Week One: Initial station Sept. 26 by 8:00 p. m. Responses due by Sun. Sept. 29 at 8:00 p. m. Prior to taking this class. had you of all time noticed that Genesis has two creative activity narratives ( 1:1-2:4a and 2:4b- 2:25 ) ? Based on your current survey. what is the intent of these narratives? What are the major subjects in these narratives? Compare and contrast what they reveal about God. Compare and contrast what they reveal about what it means to be human. Compare and contrast the order of creative activity in each narrative.
Week Two: Initial station Oct. 3 by 8:00 p. m. Responses due by Sun. Oct. 6 at 8:00 p. m. “The Ten Commandments” are found in the Old Testament in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. Compare and contrast the versions of the Ten Commandments found in these two Bible transitions. How do bookmans account for their differences? What does the relationship between the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi’s Code reveal about the function of apodeictic jurisprudence in the Ancient Near East?
Week Three: Initial station Oct. 10 by 8:00 p. m. Responses due by Sun. Oct. 13 at 8:00 p. m. Discuss the differences you have found in your surveies between how Judgess were selected and their method of opinion. and how Kings David and Solomon were selected and how they ruled. How did the alteration from tribal Confederacy under the Judgess to the monarchial society under a king impact the lives of the people?
Week Four: Initial station Oct. 17 by 8:00 p. m. Responses due by Sun. Oct. 20 at 8:00 p. m. How does Coogan specify Old Testament prognostication? Based on Coogan’s definition. how is the term prognostication frequently misunderstood today? Based on your readings in Coogan. to whom were the prognostications addressed and when were they expected to be fulfilled? What were several subjects or concerns of the Prophetss of the Old Testament? Pay peculiar attending to Amos. Ezekiel. and Deutero-Isaiah ( Isaiah 40-66 ) ?
5. There will be a concluding test which must be taken earlier 11:55 p. m. on Thursday. ___Nov. 7____ . The concluding test will be available get downing Saturday. _Nov. 2__ . You may take the test at your convenience during the last hebdomad of category. It is a timed test and you will hold 2 hours to finish it.
The test may merely be taken one time. so one time you begin the test you must complete it. Once your clip has expired. the test is officially over. The best manner to fix for this test is to reexamine the text. your responses to the survey inquiries. and your instructor’s feedback to your survey inquiry response.
Please note: the pupil is responsible for holding a dependable cyberspace connexion and a browser that are compatible with the format for the on-line trial.
Please Take Note of the Following Concerning All Assignments: If you are in an On-line class: By subscribing up to take an on-line class. the pupil accepts all duty for holding decently working computing machine equipment and for understanding how to voyage the online course—including but non limited to finish apprehension of Moodle. the MOC electronic mail system. and how to subject assignments.
In add-on. pupils are responsible for turning all assignments in on clip. In the event of an exigency that may impede the ability to turn something in on clip. pupils should reach the teacher before the assignment is due. If you do non reach the professor before the deadline. it is excessively late—not reaching me in front of clip means that you have chosen to lose the due day of the month. Determining what constitutes an exigency and whether to accept late assignments is left entirely to the instructor’s discretion.
Rating System
The student’s public presentation in this class will be evaluated as follows:
Study Questions40 points ( 10 points per hebdomad )
Discussion Board/Question of the Week responses20 points ( 5 points per hebdomad )
Research Project20 points
Final examination20 points
Entire Points100 points
Classs will be awarded as follows ( please note that the Department of Religion uses a 7-point graduated table ) :
A=93-100 ptsExcellent. good above lower limit demands. superior work and capable command ( In documents. small to no grammatical. spelling or formatting mistakes. Work contains clear grounds of superior degrees of scholarly analysis. synthesis. and relevant application. In treatment board posts there is grounds of superior critical thought and analysis of class material. )
B=85-92 ptsAbove Average. above lower limit demands. first-class work and capable command ( In documents. small to no grammatical. spelling or formatting mistakes. Work contains clear grounds of first-class degrees of scholarly analysis. synthesis. and relevant application. In treatment board posts there is grounds of strong critical thought and analysis of class material. )
C=77-84 ptsAverage. lower limit demands completed. satisfactory apprehension of capable ( In documents. some grammatical. spelling or formatting mistakes. Work contains small to no grounds of scholarly analysis. synthesis and relevant application. Majority of work consists of remembering facts. doing general drumhead statements and repeating the ideas of others. In treatment board posts there is grounds of understanding class stuff but small to no critical thought or analysis. )
D=70-76 ptsPoor. lower limit demands non met. hapless work and apprehension of capable ( In documents. unsatisfactory sum of grammatical. spelling and formatting mistakes. No grounds of scholarly analysis. synthesis and relevant application. In treatment board posts there is no grounds of understanding. critical thought or analysis of class material. )
F=below 70 platinums Failing. lower limit demands non met. neglecting work and apprehension of capable. ( In documents. below hapless sum of grammatical. spelling and arranging mistake. No grounds of scholarly analysis. synthesis and relevant application. )
Please note: I merely give out the class that you have earned. You are responsible for your class.
Communication
The lone acceptable signifier of e-mail communicating for pupils is the MOC electronic mail history. Students may anticipate messages from me on this history. Failure to look into your MOC electronic mail history is non an acceptable alibi for losing messages. You are responsible for look intoing your electronic mail on a regular footing ( i. e. . daily ) for messages refering this class. Failing to look into your electronic mail on a regular footing is non an alibi for losing of import information. If you have troubles accessing Moodle or your e-mail history. contact Information Technology at [ electronic mail protected ]or name 919. 658. 2502 ext. 3022.
Academic Questions. Remarks or Ailments
All academic issues must be foremost brought to your teacher. Your instructor’s contact information is at the top of this course of study.
In the event that you and your teacher can non decide an issue. the following measure is to reach the Division Chair. The Division Chair’s contact information is besides at the top of this course of study.
To entree the Honor Policy and information about Student Success Center Resources and Moye library. delight refer to Moodle or the undermentioned web site: hypertext transfer protocol: //www. moc. edu/index. php/academic-honor-policy-and-info-resource
Course Outline and Assignments
Week One:
1. E-mail me to present yourself and to bespeak that you have understood the course of study. Note: this is the clip to inquire inquiries if you have them. If you do non hold any inquiries at this clip. I will presume that you understand the course of study. Stating later on in the class that you have misunderstood something is non an alibi. Include the undermentioned statement: I have to the full read the class course of study and understand the assignments and method of rating. I besides to the full understand what plagiarism is in relation to each assignment. survey inquiries. forum. and undertaking.
You must type your name at the terminal of the electronic mail. If you do non to the full understand the course of study or the award policy. do certain to inquire any inquiries you may hold before directing this electronic mail.
2. Read Coogan. Chapters 1-5.
3. Read related transitions in the Old Testament.
4. Answer the following survey inquiries. subjecting your replies by [ Friday __Oct. 4_____ ] at 8:00 p. m. ( EST ) : Chapter 3: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
Chapter 4: 1. 2. 3. 4
Chapter 5: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6
5. Don’t forget to post your initial Forum stations to the inquiry of the hebdomad by Thursday. Week One Initial station due Thursday Sept. 26 by 8:00 p. m. Follow up responses by Sun. Sept. 29 at 8:00 p. m.
6. Get down working on research undertaking.
Week Two:
1. Read Coogan. Chapters 6-10
2. Read related transitions in the Old Testament.
3. Answer the following survey inquiries. subjecting your replies by [ Friday __Oct. 11_____ ] at 8:00 p. m. ( EST ) :
Chapter 6: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6
Chapter 7: 1. 2. 3
Chapter 8: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7
Chapter 9: 1. 2
Chapter 10: 1. 2. 3
4. Don’t forget to post your initial Forum stations to the inquiry of the hebdomad by Thursday. Week Two initial stations due by Thursday Oct. 3 at 8:00 p. m. Follow up responses by Sun. Oct. 6 at 8:00 p. m.
5. Continue working on research undertakings.
Week Three:
1. Read Coogan. Chapters 11-15
2. Read related transitions in the Old Testament.
3. Answer the following survey inquiries. subjecting your replies by [ Friday __Oct. 18____ ] at 8:00 p. m. ( EST ) : Chapter 11: 2. 4. 5. 6. 7
Chapter 12: 1. 2. 3
Chapter 13: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
Chapter 14: 1. 2. 3. 4
Chapter 15: 1. 2. 3
4. Don’t forget to post your initial Forum stations to the inquiry of the hebdomad by Thursday. Week Three initial stations due by Thursday Oct. 10 by 8:00 p. m. Follow up responses by Sun. Oct 13 at 8:00 p. m.
5. Continue working on research undertakings.
Week Four:
1. Read Coogan. Chapters 16-22
2. Answer the following survey inquiries. subjecting your replies by [ Friday __Oct. 25____ ] at 8:00 p. m. ( EST ) : Chapter 16: 1. 2. 3
Chapter 17: 1. 2. 3. 4
Chapter 18: 1. 2. 3
Chapter 19: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
Chapter 20: 1. 2. 3
Chapter 21: 1. 2. 3. 4
Chapter 22: 2. 4
3. Read related transitions in the Old Testament.
4. Continue working on your research undertakings.
5. Don’t forget to post your initial Forum stations to the inquiry of the hebdomad by Thursday. Week Four initial stations due by Thursday Oct. 17 at 8:00 p. m. Follow up responses by Sun. Oct. 20 at 8:00 p. m.
Week Five
1. Read Coogan. Chapters 23-24 and Appendix
2. Research Undertaking must be submitted by Saturday. [ __Nov. 2____ ] at 11:55 p. m. ( EST ) .
2. Take the Final Exam by Thursday. [ __Nov. 7____ ] at 11:55 p. m. ( EST ) .
Note: Late hebdomad 5 work will non be accepted. Non-negotiable.
