Filed under: Literature of the Bible
Agenda for sixth session (second for guest speaker)
on Thursday, September 20, 2007
ENG 235 – Literature of the Bible – Dr. James Lacey
guest speaker for Dr. Lacey, Dr. David Stoloff, Professor and Chair, Education Department, Webb Hall 129, 860 – 465 – 5501, stoloffd@easternct.edu
These notes are posted at http://stoloffd.edublogs.org/category/bible-as-literature/.
Opening song – http://youtube.com/watch?v=G0pKAL3_2RE
Bob Dylan – Kennedy Center Honors – Gotta Serve Somebody sung by Shirley Ceaser
lyrics - Ms. Ceaser mentioned about Joshua 24:15
Resources for questions from last session -
The Noble Qur’an – http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
Q. What’s the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Muslims? – http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm
Clarification on project – please do not use Sistine Chapel image -
http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm
Studying Judges and Kings – small group discussions and presentations
1) Joshua 1, 6, 19, 24 - Joshua
2) Judges 4 -5 – song of Deborah
3) Judges, 6-8 – Gideon,
5) 1 Samuel, 15 - Saul, Amalekites, 28 - Saul and witch of Endor; 31 - Saul’s end;
6) 1 Samuel, 16-17 - annointing David, David & Goliath; 11 Samuel, 11-12 – David and Bathsheba ,
7) 1 Kings, 3, 9-11 – Solomon’s wisdom, building Temple, Queen of Sheba, wives, end
Please respond to these five discussion prompts -
1) Introduce the main character(s).
2) Review his/her/their human qualities? What is their relationship with the divine? With other people?
3) What methods do they use to solve their own problems and the problems of others?
4) What are the conclusions of their actions?
5) What are the future, long-term implications of their actions?
(These questions follow the format of a doctoral dissertation – an introductory chapter, a review of the literature, a discussion of methods, a report on the conclusions, and a discussion of the long-term implications of the actions.)
Each member of the group should take notes in the spaces above and be prepared to participate equally in the 3-4 minute presentation.
20 minutes for answering these questions in small groups, each individual in each group will share in the reporting of their responses
Other discussion points from first session -
1) Walter Lippman – http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlippmann.htm
2) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on affirmative action. It bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action programs giving an advantage to minorities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke
connections to this session -
1) Rastafari belief follows that the last emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I (know as Ras Tafari) is the living black messiah on Earth. … He came about his Imperial blood through his paternal grandmother, Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was an aunt of Emperor Menelik II and a claimed direct decendant of Makeda, Queen of Sheba and King Solomon of ancient Israel.
http://www.bobmarleyfoundation.org/roots_HIM.html
2) Imperial Ethiopia Royal Anthem [before 1974] -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIy2KuMcCzE
3) Names of G-d (the Divine)
El – Israel means – striving with the Divine
YHVH – not pronounced – when we see it, we say in Hebrew – my Lord – Adonai
Yahoo – the V letter is sometimes pronounced as an O or OO sound, the H at the end is silent
Yah
Adon Olam – a popular, well-known name – Lord of the Universe – title of a song that closes many services – this version from http://www.nevehshalom.org/music/ - Cantor Linda Shivers, Neve Shalom synagogue, Portland, Oregon
Elohim – a plural noun, like committee in English, that we use as singular – G-ds -
Elohainu – our G-d
Shekinah – the holy presence
Religious Jews will avoid the conflicts of saying or writing the Divine Name by saying baruch hashem – the blessed name
Not used – Baal – master, a husband is baal habayit – master of the house; the founder of the Hassid movement was known as Baal Shem Tov – Master of the Good Name
3) Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
(Cohen – priest, priestly blessing – http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Synagogue_Blessings/Priestly_Blessing/priestly_blessing.html
http://www.tvacres.com/greetings_spock.htm )
A version of these blessings are said to one’s children at the Shabbat dinner on Friday evening. Fiddler on the Roof romantized this Shabbat prayer custom -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaZqHy2ZHE&mode=related&search=
(current tribes – Cohen, Levi, Israel; the people is called Jews for
the connection to the tribe of Judah and the land Judea. I prefer Bnei Israel.
Jewish names – may be any name for Jews belong to all races and ethnic groups. And those with Jewish names may not be Jews, but may have Jewish ancestry. Common Jewish names in the US – Cohen, Katz, Kaplan; Levi, Levine, Levin, Lebowitz, Lieberman; names ending in of, ov, owitz; Schwartz; names ending in berg, stein; Sephardic names – those descendants of Jews from Spain and the Mediterranean regions)
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
(from Leonard Cohen Live in Concert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI
lyrics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FC4bJl_X9M
Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
No Comments so far
Leave a comment
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
