| Unit II: THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CONTEXT OF THE FIRST TESTAMENT: MARDUK vs. MONOTHEISM |
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| Session | Date | Topic | Assignment | Enrichment | |
| 10 | Tu 10/06 | Middle Eastern Culture Field Trip: Noon – 2:15 PM; meet at Brown Gate at south end of Admin Drive. | Prepare by doing a virtual tour of the Cleveland Museum of Art and exploring the New Jerusalem Mosaic in the First & Second Temple periods. | If you miss the Field Trip, write this reaction paper on your virtual tours. | |
| 11 | Th 10/08 | ANE Covenants & the Abrahamic Covenants | Read: Gen 12:1–10; 15; 17; Boadt 7, 9 | Hillers, Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea | |
| 12 | Tu 10/13 | Israelite Legal & Social Structures | Read: Exod 19–34; Boadt 8, 10 | The Code of Hammurabi | |
| 13 | Th 10/15 | Israelite Women | Read: Exod 1–3; Ruth; Judg 4–5, 19–21; Boadt 13 | ||
| 14 | Tu 10/20 | El Elyon, God of Abraham | Creative History Paper due (only required of students who did not do the Original Creation Myth for 9/22) | "Abraham" film | |
| 15 | Th 10/22 | El Shaddai, The God of Sinai | Read: Exod 4–18; 19–40, esp. 32–34; Deuteronomy (entire); Josh 24; Deut 12; the Deuteronomistic Historian; | The Legend of Sargon | |
| 16 | Tu 10/27 | The God of Freedom: Exodus | Exodus-Matrix essay due | ||
| 17 | Th 10/29 | Second Unit Examination |
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