Journal Entries, Fall 2015

1. How have the first two weeks of classes changed or altered your understanding of the Old Testament?

2. What is a myth? Why might the first few chapters of Genesis be called "mythic"?

3. Write a character sketch of Abraham, from Sarah's point of view.

4. Writing from the perspective of an (old) Israelite, reflect on your forty-year sojourn in the wilderness.

5. Comment on the attractiveness that the Canaanite fertility practices would have held for the Israelties.

6. Write a diary entry from Bathsheba's point-of-view, describing the events in II Samuel 11.

7. In a series of tweets, describe Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal from the perspective of an eye-witness.

8. Write a diary entry from Isaiah's point-of-view, describing his prophetic call (Isaiah 6).

9. Write a diary entry about your relationship with God, from Jeremiah's point of view.

10. Comment on your favourite/strangest/most interesting biblical passage discussed this semester.