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3-Prophets

Jonah

August 28, 2014Robert Wallace Leave a Comment

The students did a sociogram of the story. I asked them to note who the main character was, and then symbolize that relationship on the white boards. They connected them with dotted lines (for distance), double solid lines (for closeness),… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Jonah, Prophets, Sociogram

Ezekiel

August 28, 2014Robert Wallace Leave a Comment

Using the socrative app, we take a class quiz made up entirely of true/false questions about elements of the Ezekiel text. This became a gateway to deeper conversations about Ezekiel. By this time in the semester, they were reading more… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Ezekiel, Prophets

Ezekiel

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Each of the groups has to draw a representation of the call of Ezekiel on the board. After unpacking each groups representation (some of which have been impressive), I look at four artistic renderings of the text. The discussion revolves… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Art, Ezekiel, Prophets

Jeremiah

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Einstein has famously said, “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” I gave the students several of the “complications” of Jeremiah’s ministry and asked them to express it, as comprehensively as possible, in… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Haiku, Jeremiah, Prophets

Nahum

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This exercise is based on my reading of Nahum as (perhaps) an example of satire. After show the students a clip from the Onion from Youtube, I ask them to imagine what a satirical prophet might look like. This worked… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Prophets, Satire

Isaiah

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I show the students the call scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I then ask them to read Isaiah 6:1-12, Jeremiah 1:4-10, and Exodus 3:1-15. I ask them as a group to come up with the shared elements… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Call, Film, Intertextuality, Isaiah, Prophets, Type Scene

Prophet vs. King

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I ask the groups to make two concept maps relating the following terms: The king, the prophet, God, the populace, the priestly establishment. One concept map was to show the ideal relationship between these groups. The other map was to show the relationship… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Concept Map, Kings, Prophets

Divided Monarchy

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I told the students the story of the Battle of Qarqar, omitting the Israelite king involved in the fighting (Ahab). I then asked the students to compile a brief but imaginative historical profile on this king based on these Assyrian… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Ahab, King

Solomon

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In their groups, they had to put together a movie pitch based on the biblical narrative of the life of Solomon. All movie options were open to them. They were told to decide: style of movie (drama, animated, modern adaptation, etc) market… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Film, Kings, Solomon

David

August 27, 2014Robert Wallace Leave a Comment

In their groups, the students read the David & Bathsheba narrative. The groups made a sociogram based on the story. I asked them to note who the main character was, and then symbolize that relationship on the white boards. They connected them with… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Bathsheba, David, Kings, Sociogram, United Monarchy, Word Cloud

United Monarchy

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In their groups, the students read passages from 1 Samuel that read as in favor or against kingship. The students then had to develop a “tweetable” campaign slogan. We then went through each groups slogan and discussed what they were… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Kings, Kingship, Twitter, United Monarchy

Settlement

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The students read the Deborah story, Jael story, Jephthath’s daughter, and the Levite and the concubine. I then asked them to vote on which was the most offensive and seemed furthest from their world today. The vote was publicly displayed… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Judges, Settlement

Settlement

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A few years ago the book, “Blue Like Jazz, ” was adapted into a movie. The director, Steve Taylor, made a number of intentional changes from the print material when bringing the story to the big screen (with Donald Miller’s collaboration).… Continue Reading →

3-Prophets Conquest Narrative, Film, Joshua, Settlement

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