Welcome Module-Welcome to the course
About this course
Introduction to the course
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Honor Code for the course
Learning Guide for the Course
Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Bible Part I-Lesson 1: Teaching Bible: Ideological, Philosophical and Educational Issues
Guide for Lesson One
1. Introduction
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A Map of Orientations to the Teaching of the Bible by Barry Holtz
2. Analyzing the Biblical Images
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3. Ed Goals & Analyzing Standards and Benchmarks
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4. Educational messages & analyze 1 children's text (Jacob & Esau)
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Jacob and Esau 1
Jacob and Esau 2
5. Summary of the lesson
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The Bible as Literature
Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Bible Part II-Lesson 2: The Tenach as an educational text: Possibilities and challenges
Guide for Lesson Two
1. Introduction to Lesson 2
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2. Challenges in Teaching Classical Jewish texts
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3. Children Talking to God
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4. Analyzing Genesis 18- 1:15
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Genesis 18, 1-15.
5. Summary points
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The Complex Nature of Biblical Characters and Educational Approaches to Presenting them Part I-Lesson 3: The Biblical character: Archetypes, traits, and behaviors. Texts: Joseph Stories
Guide for Lesson Three
1. Overview of the course to date
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2.Types of characters
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3. Literary tools for analyzing Biblical Characters
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4. Reading II Samuel 6: 10
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Frisch, A. The Sins of the Patriarchs by Traditional Jewish Exegesis
Alter A. How Convention Helps Us Read: The Case of the Bible's Annunciation Type-Scene
The Complex Nature of Biblical Characters and Educational Approaches to Presenting them Part II-Lesson 4: Historical, social and normative factors that impact the presenting of Biblical characters. Texts: Jacob Stories
Guide for Lesson Four
1. Historical, social and normative factors in presenting Biblical characters: overview of the class
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2. Tosefta : Biblical texts that May be Translated into Aramaic
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3. Dr. Deitcher about Frisch article
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4. Approaches to presenting biblical characters
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5. Analyzing Genesis 27 Part I
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6. Analyzing Genesis 27 Part II
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Biblical texts that May be Translated into Aramaic
The Sins of the Patriarchs as Viewed by Traditional Jewish Exegesis, by Amos Frisch.
The Complex Nature of Biblical Characters and Educational Approaches to Presenting them Part II-Lesson 5: Analyzing the lives of Biblical characters Texts: Abrahamic texts
Guide for Lesson Five
1. Summarizing the Life of a Biblical Character
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2. Prof. Zakovitch interview
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Trial of Abraham
3. Summation: Educational process
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Between Angels and Mortals
Examining the Moral Behavior of Biblical Characters as National Figures -Lesson 6 : Addressing the moral behavior of Biblical characters.
Guide for Lesson 6
1. Outline
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2. Moral Education
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Esther Chapter 10
3. Approaches to Moral Education
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4. Paradigms of Inquiry (G. Matthews)
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Harvard talk on lies
5. Lies in Biblical texts (Dr. H. Deitcher )
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Examining the Moral Behavior of Biblical Characters as National Figures -Lesson 7: David: A National historical figure. Texts: II Samuel 17-18
Guide for Lesson Seven
1. Overview: King David as a National Symbol
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2. Story Components
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1 Samuel 17
3. Exposition Skills
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4. Hats for Interpretation
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5. David as a national symbol
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6. David in Israeli Poetry
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