SacredScripture

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Recount from your memory the story of Noah's Ark."- STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Discuss the sources of the Old Testament
Look at the religious/literary world of ancient Mesopotamia
- see Babylonian creation myth
View brief video on Mesopotamian myths - The Great Flood and Gilgamesh

Explore the Flash Animation of the BABYLONAIN creation myth, as well as others at www.bigmyth.com

HOMEWORK (Due 10/17): read pgs 20-22 in Journey Through the Old Testament and create your own chart in your notes about the literary styles int he Old Testament. Bring BIBLE to class!

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: none

CLASSWORK: none

HOMEWORK (Due 10/18): Bring no. 2 pencils for standardized tests!

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Describe some of the literary forms found in the Old Testament." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
- Hand out progress reports with missing assignments
- Presentation on the concept of exegesis and the Catholic Church's official teachings about Divine Revelation
view slideshow on exegesis and Dei Verbum

Explore Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum)

HOMEWORK (Due 10/20): none

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK FOR FIRST QUARTER!

WARM-UP: oral review

CLASSWORK:
Presentation on the concept of exegesis and the Catholic Church's official teachings about Divine Revelation (sections 1-9)
view slideshow on exegesis and Dei Verbum

HOMEWORK (Due 10/23): Read the Scripture readings for Sunday, Oct. 22nd and complete reflections questions on the readings.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Summarize the main ideas of sections 1-9 in Dei Verbum." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Presentation on the concept of exegesis and the Catholic Church's official teachings about Divine Revelation (sections 1-9)
view slideshow on exegesis and Dei Verbum

HOMEWORK (Due 10/24): Re-read sections 1-13 of Dei Verbum and write your own 2-3 sentence summary of each section.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Summarize Dei Verbum sections 1-13." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
- Review summaries of Dei Verbum
* Read a summary of Dei Verbum written by a deacon from Philadelphia
* Read a brief commentary written about Dei Verbum by Pope Benedict XVI
- Begin activity looking at the various literary styles found in the Old Testament
* Explore a more detailed list of literary forms found the Old Testament

HOMEWORK (Due 10/25): Complete worksheet on Literary Forms of the Old Testament

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Describe how someone can conduct good exegesis." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
- Review the role of literary forms in effective exegesis
- Review Dei Verbum
- Review for QUIZ tomorrow

HOMEWORK (Due 10/26): Bring your Bible and/or a printed copy of Dei Verbum (sections 1-13) for 1 question QUIZ tomorrow on Dei Verbum =

Directions: Please use your copy of Dei Verbum: The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (either found in your Bible or printed off of the web) to answer the following question. Be sure that your answer is as complete as possible, uses appropriately cited quotes where possible, and reflects your full amount of background knowledge.

According to Dei Verbum, how do the bishops of the Catholic Church believe good Biblical exegesis should be conducted?

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: quietly prepare for QUIZ.

CLASSWORK:
Quiz on sections 1-13 of Dei Verbum

HOMEWORK (Due 10/27): Read the Scripture readings for Sunday, Oct. 29th and complete reflections questions on the readings.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Summarize a psalm." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
-Begin presentation of 3 steps of exegesis

Explore a Guide to Biblical Exegesis

HOMEWORK (Due 10/30): Enjoy homecoming!

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Explain a proverb." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
-Begin presentation of 3 steps of exegesis

Explore a Guide to Biblical Exegesis
Explore various methods used in Biblical exegesis
Explore various Bible translations at Biblegateway.com

HOMEWORK (Due10/31): Read "Preface to the New American Bible Old Testament" in your Bible

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Describe the methods of translation used by the translators of the New American Bible (NAB)." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Quiz on step one of good Biblical exegesis
Continue presentation of 3 steps of exegesis

Explore a Guide to Biblical Exegesis
Explore various methods used in Biblical exegesis
Explore various Bible translations at Biblegateway.com

HOMEWORK (Due 11/1): none

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Describe the methods used by an exegete who is trying to determine what a Biblical author said." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue presentation of 3 steps of exegesis

Explore a Guide to Biblical Exegesis
Explore various methods used in Biblical exegesis
Explore various Bible translations at Biblegateway.com

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Explain why it is not as easy as it sounds for a modern reader know what a Biblical author wrote." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue presentation of 3 steps of exegesis

Explore a Guide to Biblical Exegesis
Explore various methods used in Biblical exegesis
Explore various Bible translations at Biblegateway.com

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Describe the statregies an exegete would use in conducting good exegesis." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Who wrote the Torah?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Begin presentation on the Documentary Hypothesis of the Torah's authorship

Explore a concrete example of the Documentary Hypothesis in Genesis

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What lead scholars to questions whether Moses "wrote" the Torah?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue presentation on the Documentary Hypothesis of the Torah's authorship

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Explain the Documentary Hypothesis." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Nov. 9th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue presentation on the Documentary Hypothesis of the Torah's authorship

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: quietly prepare for test

CLASSWORK:
Take home test on the methods of good exegesis and the documentary hypothesis

HOMEWORK (Due 11/14): take home test

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Write everything you know about Father Abraham." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
Presentation on midrash - view the slideshow
Read an article on Jewish midrash about Abraham and complete a worksheet on it

Explore about practicing midrash in a Catholic school
Explore Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rabbi Samuel Rappaport
Explore The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

HOMEWORK (Due 11/15): Read Genesis 12 - be prepared for a short quiz

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What is midrash and how is it useful?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
QUIZ on Gen. 12
Review midrash about Abraham

HOMEWORK (Due 11/16): Read Genesis 13 & 14, be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Summarize Genesis 15-17." - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
QUIZ on Gen. 13-14

HOMEWORK (Due 11/17): Read Genesis 15, 16 & 17 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: none

CLASSWORK:
- QUIZ on Genesis 15-17
- Read the Scripture readings for Sunday, Nov. 19th and complete reflections questions on the readings.

HOMEWORK (Due 11/20): Read Genesis 18, 19 & 20 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What happened to Sodom?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
- QUIZ on Genesis 18-20
- Watch scene from "In the Beginning" about how the ancient Hebrews may have used storytelling

HOMEWORK (Due 11/21): Read Genesis 21, 22 & 23 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What was the purpose of the stories Abraham told (in the film)?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
Begin in-depth film about "Abraham"

HOMEWORK (Due 11/28): Read the Scripture readings for Sunday, Nov. 26th and complete reflections questions on the readings.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Why do you think Abraham rejected the gods others thought were so powerful?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue in-depth film about "Abraham"

HOMEWORK (Due 11/29): Read Genesis 24 & 25 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Why do you think Abraham and his descendants remained faithful to God despite thier problems?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue in-depth film about "Abraham"

HOMEWORK (Due 11/30): Read Genesis 26, 27, 28 - Be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: Quietly prepare for QUIZ

CLASSWORK:
Continue in-depth film about "Abraham"

HOMEWORK (Due 12/30): Read the Scripture readings for Sunday, Dec. 3rd (First Sunday of Advent) and complete reflections questions on the readings.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "Why did God destroy Sodom?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:
Continue in-depth film about "Abraham"

SUGGESTION: The stories of Joseph and Moses are among the better known in the Old Testament - you will be responsible for knowing them even though we will only review them in class. It may be a help to your memory if (in addition to having read the texts in Genesis and Exodus and having seen the brief video in class) you rent one or all of the following videos and watch them at home:
The Ten Commandments
Joseph
Moses
Joseph, King of Dreams
Prince of Egypt
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

HOMEWORK (Due 12/4): Read Genesis 29, 30, 31, 32 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What do you think Advent is and why does the Church celebrate it?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/5): Read Genesis 33, 34. 35, 36 - be prepared for a QUIZ

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What was the overall message of Abraham's story?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/6): Read Genesis 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 - be prepared for a QUIZ

MINI-PROJECT (Due 12/12): Jesse Tree Mini-Project

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What can we do about sin?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/7): Read Genesis 42, 43, 44, 45

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What is the sacrament of Reconciliation?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/8): Read Genesis 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "How did Jacob obtain Isaac's blessing?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/11): Practice Test on the Books of the Old Testament -> Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: Quietly prepare for QUIZ

CLASSWORK:
Practice Test on the Books of the Old Testament -> Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

HOMEWORK (Due 12/12): Read the Scripture readings for the Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 10st) and complete reflections questions on the readings.

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What is the Jewish canon of Scripture?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due x/x):

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What is Dei Verbum and what does it say?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK:

HOMEWORK (Due 12/14): work on EXAM STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - "What are the core beliefs of Judaim?" - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK: work on EXAM STUDY GUIDE

HOMEWORK (Due 12/15): Warm-ups from 11/14 - 12/14 (16 total) - be sure to use the cover sheet and to staple your warm-up packet AT HOME!

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE

WARM-UP: on looseleaf paper - - STORE IN BINDER UNTIL Dec. 15th!

CLASSWORK: work on EXAM STUDY GUIDE

HOMEWORK (Due x/x): work on EXAM STUDY GUIDE

For Semester EXAM in December: Learn the names, spelling, and sequence of the 46 books of the Catholic Bible's Old Testament. Download the STUDY GUIDE