September 23 Class Notes

• Leviticus 19: Be Kind to Your Neighbor
•    Leanne's Blog discusses this chapter
• Dr. Laura Slesenger
• Says live by Bible Rules
• read aloud some of the sarcastically funny responses to her radio show
• examples:
• why can we own Mexicans but not Canadians?
• Should I really kill my aunt because she wear more than one type of fabric at one time?
• The Year of Living Bible
• written by A.J. Jabcobs
• lives as much as possible as ppl did in the Bible
• says it is very difficult to live the Bible literally
• Angel's Blog
• discusses the patter or the Bible and how it ends in Revelation
• Bible moves towards an end
• Indian mythology
• normally cycles
• Matthew Arnold
• changed meaning of Philistines
• uncouth, uneducated
• Repetitive Parallel
• Biblical poetry
• Inspired Chaucer and Shakespeare
• benefit for different audiences who did not understand
• example: gentry and poor
• Great Event in Jewish Mythology
• LEAVING EGYPT
• Solomon: wisdom, Temple of Solomon (architecture), wealth
• loved a Canaanite woman
• Kingdoms
• NORTHERN KINGDOM
• Israel
• SOUTHERN KINGDOM
• Judah
• Ahab
• important king
• married Jezebel
• whore of Babylon
• only palms of hand left after punished for her actions
• Great Prophets
• Isiah
• Ezekiel
• Jeremiah
• Destruction of Kingdoms
• Southern Kingdom
• 587 B.C.
• Northern Kingdom
• 721 B.C.
• Skin of Our Teeth
• Thorton Wilder
• Based on a saying from Job
• almost obliterated then manage to come back
• written during period of exile to Babylon
• went back to rebuild Temple
• Psalm 137:
• Song of Remembrance
• very surprising ending
• ends with being happy killing babies of the enemy with stones
• John Orsie's Blog
• 1 Kings 17-19
• Early Prophets
• fire drenched alter
• Elijah
• beheaded prophets for wrongful God
• Spencer's Blog
• 2 Kings 23
• Elisha
• cursed children who made fun of him for being bald
• 42 of the children were then eaten by bears
• Genealogies
• Genesis 38 & Ruth
• interruptions
• interrelate people
• Matthew
• explains these interruptions by showing who gave birth to who leading to the birth of Jesus
• Shows how horrible things lead to good things
• Story of Tamar leads to the birth of David & Jesus