Discourse- Kevin, Parr and Sharon
We started class with a powerpoint on historical views of male and female attributes. Then we focused on the controversies in Gen 1-3, specifically …
10/1 Minute Paper
Today our discussion had a heavy focus on the relationship between males and females as portrayed in the bible. We discussed reasons …
Jewish Interpreters
We started talking about gender-related beliefs the ancient people had and how that influenced their interpretations of the text. Essentially all of …
Team Dyno-Mite
Today we started class with a discussion of the gender/sex constructions of ancient society. Our discussion focused on the fact that masculine …
Late Night LoRo Minute Paper September 29
Today, we discussed the varying biblical views of Niditch, Sarna and Speiser. One particular question we discussed was who had the authority …
Scholarly Interpretations of Genesis 2-3
Even though Genesis 2 is from the J source, it incorporates “God Yahweh” from the P source, but the P source came …
Team Dyno-Mite
Today we discussed the items in Genesis which the authors left up for interpretation. We discussed who the responsibility of the original …
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 …
Three views- Kevin, Parr and Sharon
Today we discussed Gen 1-2 in depth. We focused on word choice, and how the translator came to make decisions on how to …
Scholar Interpretations of Genesis 1
We discussed the significance of “In the beginning” vs. “When God began to create” which influences interpretations of the text and readers’ …