OCTOBER 2 Friday Class is Lecture hour - No Quiz

OCTOBER 2 - Friday is lecture hour, no individual or group quiz.

Structure of a Call Narrative

Please click here for Norman Habel's article.

The Ancestors Story in Genesis 12-50

The Ancestors Story in Genesis 12-50

[Check-list of Useful Materials]

1. Flores, “Overview of the Ancestors Story” (blog and Folder (*folder found at the Reserve Section)

2. Ska, “The Divine Discourses in the Ancestors Story” (see Ska, Reading the Pentateuch, pp. 87-90; powerpoint presentation uploaded).

3. Conroy, “Abraham’s Journey of Faith,” in Journeys and Servants (CBAP Lectures 2003), pp. 1-22. – copy on Reserve. This is an excellent Lectio Divina of Abraham’ Story. Fr. Charles Conroy was OT professor at the Gregorian University and Rome and was the DWST’s theology symposium speaker in 2003.

4. Flores, “Jacob’s Flight and Dream (Genesis 28:10-22)”. – Folder

5. T. Lenchak, “Israel’s Refugee Ancestors” - Folder

6. Walter Vogels, “Abraham in the Qur’an” – Folder

7. Toni Craven, “Women in Genesis” - Folder

8. Don J. Benjamin, “Stories of Hagar” – Folder

9. Gale Yee, Women in Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible (CBAP Lectures 2006) – on Reserve

10. Biagio Mazza, “Women in Genesis in the Qur’an” – Folder

11. Ska, “Joseph Story” introductory handout – Folder

12. Ska, The Abraham Cycle: Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis – Biblicum Handout (advanced studies) –On Reserve

13. Ska, Joseph Story – Biblicum Handout (advanced studies) – Handout on Reserve.

September 25 Friday - Torah Class Schedule = First Period

Our Torah class schedule on Sept 25 will be moved to the first period in the morning (8:10-9:00):
Quiz will be on Exodus chapters 1-15
Sample Question (Multiple Choice):
Of what tribe was Moses? (2:1)

Your answer: Benjamin Joseph Judah Levi

Uploaded files on 9/11

Torah File no. 17: A Reflection on the 'Tower of Babel' (Genesis 11:1-9)
Torah File no. 18: The Flood Story Problems in the Text (Ska)
Torah File no. 19:: The Flood Story - Doublets within a Single Narrative
Torah File no. 20: Chapter 6 - Cain, Abel, Noah, and Babel
Torah File no. 21: The First Creation Story - Little Rock Scripture Study

Article and book added in the Torah Reserve Shelf:
Timothy Lenchak, SVD "Israel's Refugee Ancestors" (for beginners).
Roland Murphy, OCarm, Responses to 101 Questions on the Biblical Torah (1996) (for beginners).

Uploaded: Pentateuch Exegesis Paper, Comments on Academic Papers, Second Story of Creation, The Meaning of Tree of Knowledge and Evil and Snake

Click on:
The Pentateuch Exegesis Paper - you will receive a copy, bring your copy on Friday
Comments on Exegesis Papers
The Second Story of Creation
The Meaning of The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; Snake.