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Click the plus sign button at the end of the Activities column to which you are responding. A text box will appear. Write a Subject in the header, and then write your Activity in the main box (it usually says "Write something..."). Be sure to click Publish when you are done. You can reopen it to edit, and then click Update.
REMINDER: be sure to include your name or the names of those in your group with all posts to receive credit and allow others to respond.

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2) What are Dr. T's virtual office hours?

3) If class is to be canceled, what time will you receive news and how will you receive the news?

4) How many free absences do you have?

5) How many absences will result in failure?

6) How will you receive announcements?

7) What is the penalty for late or incomplete work?

8) What is the definition of "incomplete work"?

9) What is the result of plagiarism or academic dishonesty in this course?

10) Name at least two of the "student well-being resources" that you find the most important.

11) What is the first "commandment" of the class?

12) How many hours of work should be the minimum spent on this course outside of class time?

13) What are the required books for the course?

14) What does the yellow highlighting on the Course Schedule mean?

15) Where will you find readings marked as "PDF" on the Course Schedule ?

Identify three more important points from the syllabus.

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Syllabus and Course Schedule Questions Complete on the In-Class Padlet 1) List the course's requirements. 2) What are Dr. T's virtual office hours? 3) If class is to be canceled, what time will you receive news and how will you receive the news? 4) How many free absences do you have?

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1. Monthly Focus, Mini Essays and Responses, Activities, Expanded Mini Essay, and Professionalism.
2. MW 11:00AM - 12:00PM or by appointment
3. Email will be sent by at least 8 AM
4. 3 excused or unexcused
5. 6 classes missed
6. Facebook group, blackboard announcements through email
7. without prior permission of extension the assignment will be knocked down a letter grade for each class that it is late.
8. work that does not meet the guidelines that are provided for the assignment.
9. failure of the course
10. counseling services and campus police
11. take care of yourself
12. 6 hours per week outside of class
13. Oxford Study Bible and Apocrypha for Beginners
14. It means the activities are at least 10 points
15. located on blackboard under course documents
Important Points: The best way to contact her is through email, a charged laptop is needed for every class, children are welcome in the classroom if necessary

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1.)

Monthly Focus: 30%

Introduction and Background Video

Disability in the Bible Exhibition Essay

Source Scavenger Hunt

Reflection

Mini-Essays and Responses (will lead to Source Scavenger Hunt and Expanded Mini-Essay): 20%

Activities: 20%

Expanded Mini-Essay: 20%

Professionalism (participation, discussion, Facebook group, attendance, group work, class preparation, etc.): 10%

2.) MW 11-12PM
3.) At least 8am on the day of via email
4.)3 absences or 6 late-arrivals
5.)6 absences will result in a failure
6.) Blackboard and Facebook group
7.)Each class late will deduct the grade by a letter.
8.)Incomplete work is work that doesn't meet the guidelines for the assignment.
9.)It will result in failure for the course.
10.) Campus police and counseling services
11.) Take care of yourself mentally and physically.
12.) Minimum of six hours per week outside of class.
13.)Apocrypha for Beginners and the Oxford Study Bible
14.) At least ten points.
15.) Located on blackboard under course documents.

3 IMPORTANT THINGS

phone: 978 665 4827

Many major assignments will be due by midnight (11:59PM) on the Friday in the week in which they are due.

If you have a documented disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, please contact Dr. T and the Disability Services Office in the Hammond Building as soon as possible.

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1. Monthly focus (30%), Mini essays and responses (20%),  Activities (20%), expanded mini essay (20%), Professionalism (10%)
2. Monday and Wednesday, 11:00-12:00 by appointment (virtual)
3. Email will be sent by 8am
4. Three free absences
5. Six absences result in failure
6. Announcements are through the class Facebook page and school email
7. Late and incomplete work is subject to the lowering of a letter grade for each class it is late.
8. Incomplete work is defined as not meeting the specific requirements of that assignment, such as word count or page length.
9. Failure of the course
10. Study/life breaks such as recreation center and clubs, and counseling services.
11. Take care of yourself mentally and physically.
12. Six hours
13. Oxford Study Bible and Apocrypha for Beginners
14. The yellow highlight is for activities
15. Under course documents on Blackboard

Three important points:
The mini essays and activities are turned in via padlet.
Monthly focus assignment and expanded mini essay are turned in via Blackboard.
Major assignments are due by 11:59 pm on Friday of the week that they are due

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At a Glance

Monthly Focus: 30%

Introduction and Background Video

Disability in the Bible Exhibition Essay

Source Scavenger Hunt

Reflection

Mini-Essays and Responses (will lead to Source Scavenger Hunt and Expanded Mini-Essay): 20%

Activities: 20%

Expanded Mini-Essay: 20%

Professionalism (participation, discussion, Facebook group, attendance, group work, class preparation, etc.): 10%

2) Monday/Wednesday 11am-12pm
3) Email by 8am.
4) 3
5) 6
6) facebook group and blackboard
7) For each class the assignment is late it will be docked by one letter grade.
8) work that does not meet the required guidelines for the assignment.
9) Plagiarism will result in course failure
10) Safety escorts, on campus employment
11) "Thou shall take care of yourself mentally and physically"
12) 6 hours
13) apocrypha book and oxford bible
14) activities marked in yellow are worth at least ten points
15) Course documents on blackboard

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1.

Monthly Focus: 30%

Introduction and Background Video

Disability in the Bible Exhibition Essay

Source Scavenger Hunt

Reflection

Mini-Essays and Responses (will lead to Source Scavenger Hunt and Expanded Mini-Essay): 20%

Activities: 20%

Expanded Mini-Essay: 20%

Professionalism (participation, discussion, Facebook group, attendance, group work, class preparation, etc.): 10%

2. Mon/Wed: 11a-12p
3. By 8am
4. 3 free absenses
5. 6 absenses will result in failure
6. Class site, facebook, email
7. Incomplete work is docked one letter grade
8. Incomplete work does not meet the guidelines for that assignment
9.  Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will result in FAILURE of the course.
10. Student Affairs and Safety Escorts
11. …TAKE CARE of yourself mentally and physically.
12. MINIMUM of six hours of work per week OUTSIDE of the time spent in class?
13. Oxford Study Bible and Apocrypha for Beginnings
14. Activites
15. Blackboard > Course Documents

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1. At a Glance

Monthly Focus: 30%

Introduction and Background Video

Disability in the Bible Exhibition Essay

Source Scavenger Hunt

Reflection

Mini-Essays and Responses (will lead to Source Scavenger Hunt and Expanded Mini-Essay): 20%

Activities: 20%

Expanded Mini-Essay: 20%

Professionalism (participation, discussion, Facebook group, attendance, group work, class preparation, etc.): 10%
2. MW 11AM-12PM or by appointment
3. If, for some reason (especially illness), class must be canceled when the campus is not closed, an email will be sent to all students by at least 8AM.
4. 3
5. 6
6. Blackboard and The Facebook Group
7. Late assignment without prior permission will result in a lower grade, one letter grade docker per class period.
8.
9. Not tolerated in any manner. Automatic FAILURE
10. 1. The Resources for mental and psychical health 2. Tutoring options offered at FSU
11.
12.
13.
14. Activities
15. On blackboard, under course schedule

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- The Bible was not read for history or as a piece of literature. Rather as a source for theological & ethical studies.

- For most of christian history, the new testament was assumed that the reading's would reveal god's truth to them

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Hebrew Bible as Literature: "For close to two millennia the Bible was read neither as history nor as literature but rather as source for the theological and ethical teachings."

Giving social context to these texts gives a reason for why they were written.
New Testament as Literature: Variety of perspectives
"No writers of the New Testament thought he was composing literature"
They were not reading it as a book, but were reading it as a guide to how to live their lives.

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Intro to Hebrew:
- Thought it was interesting that it mentioned that many parts of the Bible are forms of poetry. The Psalms are a book of poetry, and it is an important precedent for Lyric 1 which is what we hear so much in early modern poetry (like Shakespeare).
- Emphasis on narrative and poetry. Connected to the division of the Promise Land. Connected poetry to Jerusalem and narrative to the Crossroads of World.

Intro to New Testament:
- It is written in a way to not only give information but also to entertain and have it's audience puzzle out the morals.
- There are so many different ways to read the New Testament. (Christians read it as a way to lead them. Jews and Buddhists read it to compare and contrast to their holy texts. People who are anti-religious use it to point out short comings.)

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New Test. as Lit: The Bible tells more about the people who told the stories then Jesus himself.
The Bible in the World of the Believers: them rather then Abraham killing his son in contrast to pagan sacrifices at the time.

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New Testament- The Christian Bible consists of the Christian Bible (New Testament) and the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament.)
The bible has use in multiple contexts, including religion and history.
Hebrew- The authors put in so much extra work, adding poems and tales, that was unneeded in order to tell stories and history (but they still did.)
There are multiple styles of story told throughout the entire book, which allows for so much diversity within the writers literary style.

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-"the Hebrew Bible has quite a few literary high points, and by focusing on those high points we can reclaim the achievements of ancient Israelite writers for world literature."

While the versions may vary (in subtle or unsubtle ways), it is a very accessible book.

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What Does Genesis 1:27 Mean? “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

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Understand the meaning of Genesis 1:27 using all available Bible versions and commentary. “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

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In the Darby Translation, the wording is shuffled around compared to the other translations "God created he him".
The Message Bible "God created human beings, he created them God like" in the other translations it is said that God created humans in his image, and in this one it says God made them "God like". In the "Good news translation" it says "God created human beings, making them like himself" which instead of saying "in his image" it says "like himself".

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All of the versions have their own unique structure to how the verse is written. The Common English Bible used the phrase "in the divine image" which creates further notion of God being a divine power and further separating him from humans. The Good News translation stated "making them to be like himself", leading more questions to in what way he wanted to create humans to be like himself. We also found a few versions that used the phrase "God created he him", which made us question what was meant by that or if it was a translation error.

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In the Common English Bible, it says "man", and in the Jewish Bible it says "humankind" rather than "human beings". In the Good News translation, it says "making them to be like himself" rather than "in his own image". In the Wycliffe translation, it says that God "made them out of nothing", but in the Young Literal translation, it says that God "prepareth the man in His image". Many of these translations and version have the same ideas attached to them, but they are all worded differently which leaves them open to interpretation.

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Many translations would state that God created/made humans “in his own image.

Older translation would refer to humans as “man,” whereas in the newer versions, the wording is more accommodating for newer readers/believers.

The Message Bible translation can be interpreted as people are more than what they are; humans could’ve obtain godly characteristics that aren’t just the image of God.

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We noticed that the difference in translations do not vary all too much except for a few outliers that we found. For example the Jewish Orthodox Bible has a complete change in vernacular. The vernacular used is unique to the Jewish version of the bible. In the Good News Translation is says "making them to be like himself," which is a very interesting way of phrasing this statement, because it creates a picture of a different type of scenario compared to the other translations.

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God could be seen as an unstoppable force in Job 4:9 "They perish at the blast of God; they are shriveled by the breath of his nostrils". God might also be seen as a fisherman or a normal civilian in Job 19:6 "If I tell you, God himself has put me in the wrong and drawn his net about me". God is often referred to as "Father" and other characters are referred to as "Children". God can also be seen as a warrior or a fighter in Job 16:14 "He made breach after breach in my defenses; like a warrior he rushed on me". In Job 8:4-6, God is seen as the creator and the deliverer of justice for ones sins, "If your sons sinned against him, he has left them to be victims of their own iniquity. If only you yourself will seek God and plead for the favor of the Almighty, if you are pure and upright, then indeed he will watch over you and see your just intent fulfilled". And again in Job 22:4, "Does he arraign you for your piety- is it on this count he brings you to trial?".

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8:11 "Can rushes thrive where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? While still in flower and not ready for cutting, they would wither before any green plant."
15:21 "The noise of the hunter's scare rings in his ears; even in times of peace the marauder swoops down on him."

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In Job 1:3, "Thus Job was the greatest man in all the East."

Job 3:4-10, Job is finally speaking out and cursing the day of his birth but makes remarks like "may that day turn to darkness" which relates back to Chapter 1 in Genesis when God created light.

Job 36:18 is similar to the 10 Commandments the way Job is talking.

In Job 36, they compare thunder to God's voice.

In Job 38:28, they ask if the rain has a father which could be referring to God.

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"The arrows of the Almighty find their mark in me"
"The holy one"
"God makes him vomit it from his stomach"
"Does a wild ass bray when it has grass?"
"God reserves for his sons"
"But God remains deaf to the prayer"
"For the spirit of God made me"
"The truth is, God would never do wrong"
"By the breath of God, ice if formed"

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Job 4:9- Lion
Warrior of justice
Provider of justice

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God is “feared” throughout

Can you fathom the mystery of God, or attain the limits of the Almighty - 11:7-10

“No one can win his case against God” 9:2

It is God who moves mountains before they know it 9:5

How often are they like a wisp of straw before the wind - 21:18

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Some characteristics of Jesus Christ
- He is forgiving
- He is compassionate
-There is also a play between Jesus being tempted vs not giving into his temptations. He is tempted by the enemy
-He is a Leader
-He is disciplined
-He is whole
-He is a teacher; he likes to teach
-He is non-judgmental
-He is the son of christ
-He is very intuitive
-He is a friend; he is friendly
-He is wise; laidback
-He is a Nomadic
-He is self-aware

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Matthew 2:19 God tells Joseph to Mary and Jesus to the land of Israel. It is where they settled in Nazareth.

Matthew 1:19 God told Joseph that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and to no be afraid to marry her. He stayed and raised Jesus because of this.

Matthew 4:2 Jesus fasts for 40 to avoid temptation. It shows the goodness of Jesus' character.

Matthew 7:1 Jesus teaches not to judge others.

Matthew 8:1 Jesus came down and a crowd of people followed him. This shows the characteristic of being a strong leader.

Matthew 9:1-8 Jesus healed a paralyzed man, showing he is a healer of others.

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God's life was heavily associated with John the Baptist, and he was incredibly resistant to temptation. Another characteristic seen within God was his ability to cure those whom could not be cured, and his ability to perform other such miracles. God is also very forgiving and he tries to instill that value in others around him. God is very persuasive in a way that he asks questions of others and allows them to come to their own conclusions. God does not follow judgment and he believes that others should not be judging those around them. God is committed to his values and his life is rooted in them. God is a teacher to those around him and he is so passionate in what he teaches. God does not want to be praised, he is humble in what he does. He does not want recognition for his miracles, and he teaches by showing rather than telling. God is very in control of his anger and his emotions, he is level-headed.

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Matthew 1:21- Savior "She will bear a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins"
Matthew 4:8- Strong, not tempted by the Devil
Matthew 4:18- Persuasive leader "Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee when he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, 'come with me, and I will make you fishers of men.' At once they left their nets and followed him."
Matthew 5:3- Leader and teacher- Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 8:1- Healer "Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, 'I will; be clean.' And his leprosy was cured immediately."
Matthew 14:13- Helper/giving/charitable- Feeding the crowd who said they didn't have enough to eat

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He travelled throughout Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of illness and infirmary among the people.  4:23

Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying, “I will; be cleaned” and his leprosy was cured immediately” 8:4

But to convince you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’- he turned to the paralyzed man- ‘stand up, take your bed and go home’  And he got up and went home 9:6-7

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He is a leader that helps people change in the ways that need to be so that they will be set free. He is also a very influential teacher. He is the son of God!!!!

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1. Almost all of the stories talked about have unknown authors. Most are said to have been most likely written by a Jew.
2. A lot of the stories are all in the same range of time (lines up with the same timeline of the Bible)
3. Most of them are canon to Roman Catholic texts.

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1. The time periods vary much more than the texts in Chapter  2. Covers a larger span of time.
2. Gospel fills in gaps that are not in the New Testament (about his birth, childhood and his parents).
3. All the authors seem to differ quite a bit compared to other texts. (Compared to chapter 2, where most are written by a Jew or Christian). Gives a a lot of perspevtives on one story which is really interesting.

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The apocrypha in certain bibles were omitted completely.  These works were all written in the second temple period.  Alexander the Great’ conquest of the palestinian region in the fourth century BCE brought about many changes for the jewish people as they were colonized under greek rule.” (ch2, 15)

*The period brought about a flourishing literature, much of it addressing anxieties about jewish identity, observation of israelite laws, living under empire, and the diaspora

Different books (ex the wisdom of solomon) have many different authors

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Defining the term Gospel is tricky business but doing so is important for understanding a significant genre of christian apocrypha.

Greek word for gospel - evangelion - had a range of meanings in the first century CE, including “good news” and proclamations

Many authors are unknown or “various”

Female were more likely to be authors rejected from the main canon because of gender (Gospel of Mary)

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Hannah, Spencer, Hollie, Juliana, Darian

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Hannah, Spencer, Hollie, Juliana, Darian

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Hawk, Chapter 2

1. The Torah and Hebrew Bible developed into its final, current from really early, the Second Temple Period

2. Later books used the older prophecies and prophets as guidelines for the characters they were writing about, like Joseph and Daniel in later sagas

3. Texts about Daniel had existed for a long time (100BCE) and were often used as ways to criticize the jewish religious establishment like judges from the Susana story.

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Hannah, Spencer, Hollie, Juliana, Darian

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Hannah, Spencer, Hollie, Juliana, Darian

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Hawk, Chapter 5

1. The Greek word for Gospel meant many things, the term later became Cristianized as it was more associated with Jesus' Disciples.

2. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (550 CE - 700 CE) was not lost to Western Christians but only gained significant popularity in the 1850s.

3. The true authors of each and every Gospel are unknown to this day.

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Chapter 2
- Deuteronomical books have remained part of the Jewish and Christen periods and have used as interpretations

-Many other books were composed during this particular time period such as  Nehemiah, Daniel, and Esther.

-Because this book was written during a time of widespread emigration people would think that it would appeal to a Jewish audience but it didn't.

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Chapter 5
- the apocryphal gospels fill in gaps around Jesus Life

-The apocryphal gospels have alterntaive teachings to the ones in the canonical gospels

-There is an apocryphal which is a biography of Mary

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Pick one in your group on which to focus and design three questions that you want to explore:

OSB, “Judith,” 1071-86

"The York Crucifixion" play (PDF)

OSB, “The Revelation,” 1556-1575

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Edward, Andy, CJ, Conlon (Questions on "The Revelation")

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Edward, Andy, CJ, Conlon (Questions on "The Revelation")

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Why is the number 7 used for so many different things in this book?

Of the world's cities, why was Babylon specifically targeted and subsequently destroyed and split up?

Why is the number 12,000 chosen for so many different tribes of people in chapter 7 verses 4 through 8 when referring to the seal on people's foreheads?

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JUDITH

1. Why was this book removed from the Bible?

Because it gives a woman a position of power and leadership

1. How did she get to this point where she spoke to God?  Was she “allowed” to?

1. Why is it important to the Bible?

Because it takes gender importance out of communion with God.  Judith is empowered by God the same as any man would be, simply because she needed the power and she had faith.

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1. What is the literary purpose of the book of Revelations?
2. Could the prophecies foretold in Revelations ever realistically happen? (Consider the succession of how many events pan out)
3. How does Revelations correlate with other mythological stories of the time?

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Judith:
How does the removal of this book influence the impact it could have had on the reading of the Bible? In this book, there is a strong woman being portrayed outside of a woman's usual role of homemaker. (She's also a widow so how might that context also relate to this?)

What does the emphasis of Judith's beauty with the juxtaposition of the emphasis of her speaking skills say about her role in the story/Bible/society?

Why is the writing style so dense and detailed with descriptions of battle moves as well as descriptions of people's family lines?

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1. Is this the only ancient biblical text in the bible that has this apocalyptical message?
2. If this is, why was it the only one? is there a significance to it?
3. In the book of the revelation, a woman was mentioned in one chapter in the bible. Why?