In an attempt to help the students understand reading the Bible as a narrative, I asked them to get into their groups and identify what their favorite TV / Book series is? I also asked: If you were trying to help… Continue Reading
For a discussion on source criticism in an upper level Torah class, I provided a email from me to my dissertation supervisor from late in my PhD program. The email had several quotes in it from different readers on the… Continue Reading
The students read a list of scriptures, some which implied Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch (2 Chron 23:18; Joshua 23:6, 2 Kings 14:6; Ezra 6:18) and others that would cast doubt on Mosaic authorship as the sole source of the… Continue Reading
The students “translated” a passage from Josephus into contemporary language. I used the Whiston translation which is awkward and stilted to the modern ear. I further handicapped three groups by limiting how they could write. Group 1 could not use… Continue Reading
I had the students divide into groups and develop a concept map between the significant texts mentioned in the videos: Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Vulgate, Tyndale Bible, King James Version. I didn’t give any specific directions on how to connect the… Continue Reading
I had the students select their three most “significant” movies (without defining what I meant by significant). They then found a partner and selected a consensus three movies. They then formed groups of four and selected a consensus four movies.… Continue Reading
