User:ProfGray/312/Lesson plan week 6

Lesson plan: Week 6. Religions of the Hebrew Bible. Return to the course page

Monday

Objectives for today

• Understand Mendenhall. Review outlines and key points.
• Allocate Mendenhall paraphrases and edits for article
• Review academic claims about the historicity of the exodus and key features of Israelite religion (theology and ritual).

Reading for today

• Coogan. Ch.12, 184-188 (Assyrian context w Dtr origins)
• Coogan. Ch. 13, 196-198 (more on Dtr Hist)
• Mendenhall
• Carryover -- D in Coogan

• skim Deut. chs. 4:44-49. 5; 6; 27-30
• Coogan. Ch.12, skim (read 181-184 Deut. Code)

Review BRE

• ANE shift (Marduk, Ba'al, J - Y - tetragrammaton)  Done
• Exodus dating (Hyksos, Amarna letters Merneptah stele)  Done
• Sandboxes  Done
• Other Wiki issues

Discussion of the Coogan / JSB readings

• Coogan on D / Dtr  Done

• Sources, including covenant in D  Done
• see worksheet

Mendenhall

• Key terms: amphictyony (p.62 Mendenhall), Decalogue, Hittite, (stipulation), suzerainty, vassal  Done

Next class

Questions about assignment? User:ProfGray/Exercise Write Paragraphs

Wednesday

Objectives

• Everyone has clear plan for 2 paragraphs (i.e., paraphrases of Mendenhall and Weinfeld)
• Understanding of Mendenhall and Weinfeld

Weinfeld

• Discuss his argument
• Outlines

Test prep and plan

• Next Monday = 100 points in-class test, see study sheet

• Take-home essay(s) will be assigned on Monday and

• Due Thursday at 7pm on Niihka > Assignments