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English / History 15A
A Literary & Historical Study of the Old Testament
Study Schedule
Fall Quarter 2008
Date: Bible Chapters; Hauer & Young Ch:Pgs; Old Testament Readings Booklet
9/23/08: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
9/25/08: Genesis 1-11; 3:67-78; Reis, "Genesis as Rashomon"
9/30/08: Genesis 12-25; 3:78-80; Helyer, "Abraham’s Eight Crises"
10/2/08: Genesis 26-36; 3:81-82; Exum, "The Mothers of Israel"
10/7/08: Genesis 37-50; 3:82-87; Ages, "Dreamer, Schemer, Slave, and Prince"
10/9/08: Exodus 1-18; 4:91-99; Currid, "Why Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart?"
10/14/08: Exodus 19-24, Leviticus 17-26; 4:99-106; Weinfeld, "What Makes the 10 Commandments Different?"
10/16/08: Unit One Exam (Torah)
10/21/08: Joshua 1-6, Judges 4-5, 13-16; 5:109-119; Block, "Why Deborah’s Different"
10/23/08: 2 Samuel 9-20, 1 Kings 1-2; 5:119-125; Rendsburg, "Reading David in Genesis"
10/28/08: 1 Kings 3-11; 5:125-126; Hurowitz, "Inside Solomon’s Temple"
10/30/08: 1 Kings 16-22, 2 Kings 1-4; 5:127-134; Gaines, "How Bad Was Jezebel?"
11/4/08: Isaiah 1-12, Amos 3-6, Jonah 1-4; 6:137-159; Walsh, "God’s Vineyard"
11/6/08: Unit Two Exam (Nevi'im)
11/11/08: Psalms 1, 8, 13, 23, 24, 29, 44, 51, 73, 90, 104, 121, 137, 139, 150; 7:163-172; Sarna, "Songs of the Heart"
11/13/08: Song of Songs 1-8; 7:172-176; Alter, "The Song of Songs"
11/18/08: Proverbs 1-9, Ecclesiastes 1-3, 11-12; 8:179-183, 189-195; Crenshaw, "Ecclesiastes"
11/20/08: Job 1-14, 28-31, 38-42; 8:183-189; Clines, "Deconstructing the Book of Job"
11/25/08: Ezra 1, 3-6, Nehemiah 1-6; 9:197-203; Demsky, "Who Returned First?"
12/2/08: Ruth 1-4, Esther 1-10; 9:203-206; Rosenblatt, "Portraits in Heroism"
12/4/08: Daniel 1-12; 9:206-210; Mitchell, "And the Band Played On"
12/9/08: Unit Three Exam (Kethuvim); Term Paper Due
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