Tag: Prophets

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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), etc. We then discussed what they saw. Some were very creative.

Ezekiel

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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 thoughtfully and the discussions are much more substantive.

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 around “Are these good readings of the text?” which inevitably moves to the difficult nature…

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 a haiku. We unpacked their haikus as a class, and it was a good time…

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 well. The class had a great discussion. Several students found the satirical prophetic possibility compelling.…

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 in these passages and the Python scene. As a class we put together their list…

Prophet vs. King

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