Schedule
Date |
Topic |
Reading (complete before class)(student respondents: for background, take a look at the linked readings, but don't worry if they are too complicated or over your head) |
| 8/28 | Overview; read Obadiah | Syllabus; skim Moodle page; read Paul Graham, "The Lesson to Unlearn"; watch Bible Project "Obadiah" |
| 8/30 | Redemptive Story | watch Bible Project (BP) "Habbakuk", read Old Testament (OT) Habbakuk, watch Richter "The Great Cultural Barrier" (linked from Moodle) and read Richter ch 1a |
| 9/1 | BP Ecclesiastes, OT Ecclesiastes 1-5, 12, Richter "Redemption" (Moodle) and ch 1b |
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| 9/4 | Creation, Humanity | OT Genesis 1-2, Richter "Real Time and Space" and ch 2 |
| 9/6 | Sin | OT Gen 3-9, BP Genesis 1-11 |
| 9/8 | Covenant | Richter "Covenant" and ch 3 |
| 9/11 | Abraham | OT Gen 11-15, Gen 16-17, 21-23; BP Gen 12-50 |
| 9/13 | Isaac, Jacob; Intent | OT Gen 24, 27-29, 32-33, Richter "God's Original Intent" and ch 4 |
| 9/15 | Joseph, Egypt | OT Gen 37, 39-45, 50, Exodus 1-7, BP Character |
| 9/18 | Exodus | BP Exodus 1-18, OT Ex 12-24, Richter "Treaty" |
| 9/20 | Moses; Goal | OT Ex 32, 40, BP Leviticus, OT Lev 1, 5, 8, Richter "God's Final Intent" and ch 5 |
| 9/22 | Midterm 1, on Gen, Ex, Richter chs 1-5 | |
| 9/25 | Rules; Noah, Abraham | OT Lev 11, 16-17, 25, Richter "Noah" and "Abraham" and ch 6 |
| 9/27 | Wilderness | BP Numbers, OT Num 13-14, 20, 27, 35-36, BP Setting |
| 9/29 | Moses and Tabernacle | Richter "Moses" and ch 7 |
| 10/2 | Blueprint | BP Deuteronomy, OT Deut 4-6, 12, 30-31, 34 |
| 10/4 | Conquest | BP Joshua, OT Josh 1-8, 24 |
| 10/6 | Frontier | BP Judges, OT Judges 1-7, BP Plot |
| 10/9 | Decline; Loyalty | Judg 13-16, BP + OT Ruth |
| 10/11 | Samuel | BP 1 Samuel, OT 1 Sam 1-10, 12-13, 15 |
| 10/13 | Saul | OT 1 Sam 16-18, 25-26, 28, 31, BP Design Patterns |
| 10/16 | David | BP 2 Samuel, OT 2 Sam 5-7, 11-13, 15, 18 |
| 10/18 | Connections | BP Biblical Law |
| 10/20 | Midterm 2 on Lev through 2 Sam, Richter chs 6-7 | |
| 10/23 | Psalms | BP Psalms, OT Ps 1-3, 16, 19, 22-23, 30, 34 |
| 10/25 | Psalms continued | BP Poetry, OT Ps 45, 51, 74, 81, 91, 98, 100, 110, 121-122 |
10/27 |
David's House: Solomon | BP Kings, OT 1 Kings 3, 5, 8-11, Richter "David" and ch 8 (plus refresh Ecclesiastes 1-5 and 12) |
| 11/6 | Conventional Wisdom | BP Proverbs, OT Prov 1-4, 8, 10-11, 30-31 |
| 11/8 | Unconventional Wisdom | BP Song of Songs, OT Song 1-3, BP Job, OT Job 1-6, 38-42 |
| 11/10 | Northern Kingdom | OT 1 Kings 11-12, 16-21, 2 Kings 2, 4-5; optional: BP Amos |
| 11/13 | Northern Prophets 1 | OT 2 Kings 17-19, BP Hosea, OT Hos 1-6; optional: BP Nahum |
| 11/15 | Northern Prophets 2 | |
| 11/17 | From North to South | BP + OT Micah |
| 11/20 | Isaiah pt 1 | BP Isaiah 1-39, OT Isa 6-7, 9, 11, 24-27 |
| 11/22 | Southern Kingdom | OT 2 Kings 21-25, BP Zephaniah; optional: BP Haggai |
| 11/24 | Isaiah pts 2 and 3 | BP Isaiah 40-66, OT Isa 40, 52-53, 60-61, 65-66 |
| 11/27 | New Covenant | BP + OT Joel; Richter "New Covenant" and ch 9 |
| 11/29 | Jeremiah | BP Jeremiah, OT Jer 1-3, Jer 31, 50-51; optional: BP Lamentations |
| 12/1 | After Exile | BP Ezekiel 1-33, BP Ezekiel 34-48, OT Ezek 36-37, BP Ezra-Nehemiah, OT Ezra 1, 3, 7, BP Zechariah |
| 12/4 | Apocalyptic | BP Daniel, OT Dan 1-7 |
| 12/6 | Rebuilding | OT Nehemiah 1-2, 8, 13, BP Malachi, OT Mal 3-4 |
| 12/8 | Back and Ahead | BP Chronicles, BP Esther, Esther 1–9 |
| 12/9 | Report on conversations about OT texts due on Moodle | |
| 12/11 | Final exam, 5:30pm, Defehr 103 |
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