November 19 The Last Minute Paper Breaking Bread Late Night LoRo
To begin, the first biblical narrative we discussed was the story of Genesis 1. Over the duration of the course, we reviewed …
Abrahams Story
Today in class we discussed how the story of Abraham was flawed. It fails to discuss the development of character in both …
Noah Film
This film, like many other texts we read in this class, is it’s own rewriting of the original Noah story. However, Aronofsky …
Noah
This story essentially justifies a real flood that had happened (probably of smaller scale). Similar to Genesis, there is a disruption between …
Lilith
The Alphabet of Ben Sira explains a story with the perspective that Lilith was wrong to disobey God and Adam while The Coming …
Sarna, Speiser, and Niditch 9/24
Today we discussed some concepts which led into deeper discussion. For instance, the Priestly idea on the equality of man and women …
9/15 Christian Interpretation
Today we discussed the derivation and importance of allegorical interpretation. Allegorical interpretation is similar to the Rabbinic interpretation in that they both …
9/10 Talmud
Today we discussed the importance of the Talmud and its different variations. The Rabbi’s were trying to connect with different audiences over …
Late Night LoRo Documentary Hypothesis Minute Paper
Our discussion focused primarily on the different arguments regarding the Documentary Hypothesis. In particular, we spent a great deal of time investigating …