Poetic and Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament

RELG 301

Module 1 - Poetry, Prophecy, and History

Study Report 1 - due by 9am of the Monday following the Module

• Download the .doc file for Study Report 1
• Fill in and save each daily section as you study during the week.
  NOTE on "Key Verses" - There are no "correct" or "incorrect" Key Verses.
  The Key Verses are any verses from the daily Bible readings which particularly speak to you on that day. The Study Report will ask you not only to type the verses into your Report, but also to write them out by hand (not into the Report) while speaking them aloud. This will be a way for you to internalize some of the texts which you are studying, and have them in your memory for whenever there is a future need.
  
• Submit the completed file to the relevant Assignment Box in Canvas by 9am the following Monday.
  

Scripture Readings

• Proverbs, chapters 1-6

Textbook Readings

Because this Module is within the Drop-Add period, and some students may not yet have obtained the textbook, there will be no set readings from the textbook.
You will be able to complete the Study Report for this Module without the textbook.
There are some webpages of notes, and some links to other articles on the Internet which we will use instead of the textbook.

Course Notes

• Course notes - the Geographic Setting
  Click on the maps to go to larger maps and more information
• Refresh your knowledge of the geography of the region
  • The Mediterranean and the Middle East
  • Israel
  • How to draw a map of Israel
  • Go here for NASA Mirror Pages
  • Abraham's Journeys
  • The route of the Exodus
  • Israel at the time of Joshua and the Judges
  • Israel during the United Monarchy
  • Israel during the Divided Monarchy
  • The Assyrian Empire
  • The Persian Empire
• Course notes - the Historical Setting
• Refresh your knowledge of the history of Israel
  
  • Time-line for Abraham
  • Joshua and the Judges
  • The United Monarchy of Israel
  • The Divided Monarchies of Israel and Judah
  • The Babylonian and Persian Periods
• Course notes - Hebrew Poetry

Video for the Module - The Study Report will tell you when to watch it.

• The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : Proverbs 1:7-9 (Spencer Family Music))

InterNet Resources

• The Cyber Hymnal with more than 16,000 Christian hymns and Gospel songs
• Acrostics in the Hebrew Bible
• Hebrew Poetry - What's it all about?

Discussion Board - due by 9am, Friday of the Module

• Thread : What do you want to get out of this course, and what was most challenging this week, and how did you deal with it?
  Post Replies to at least two of your classmates' threads.
• Post your Thread by 9am, Friday of the Module
  Post replies to two of your classmates' threads by 9am of the Monday following the Module
  Go here for the rubrics for grading Discussion Boards

Study Report - due by 9am on the Monday following the Module
Complete and SAVE your file of the Study Report, proof read, then submit it to the correct box in Canvas

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