|
THE HEBREW BIBLE
AND ANCIENT ISRAELITE RELIGION
Schedule and Sources for January 6 to 20, 2005
Thursday, January 6:
Historical and Cultural Context: Egypt & Ancient Near East
Segal, pp. 15-21, 39-48, 68-91
Class handout
Monday, January 10:
Death and the Afterlife in Canaanite and Israelite Religion
*Genesis
23;
27:1-11;
28:10-22;
37:12-36;
49 (HB)
*Deuteronomy
32:39 (HB)
*1 Samuel
2:6-8(HB)
*1 Kings
2:1-12 (HB)
*2 Kings
4:1-37;
13:14-21 (HB)
Segal, pp. 101-24
Class handout
Thursday, January 13:
Necromancy
*Deuteronomy
18:9-14 (HB)
*1 Samuel
28 (HB)
*2 Kings
23:1-28 (HB)
Segal, pp. 124-34
Class handout
Monday, January 17:
Sheol and Gehenna
*Numbers
16 (HB)
*Proverbs
1 (HB)
*Isaiah
5;
6;
14;
24;
25;
26;
27;
38 (HB)
*Amos
9:1-10 (HB)
*Psalms
88;
115;
139 (HB)
Segal, pp. 134-53
Class handout
Thursday, January 20:
Israelite Reflections on Human Mortality
*Genesis
1;
2;
3;
4;
5
(HB)
*1 Kings
17:8-24 (HB)
*Psalms
91;
104 (HB)
*Job
1;
2;
3;
4;
5;
6;
7;
8;
9;
10;
14;
18;
21;
38 (HB)
Segal, pp. 91-95, 154-70
Class handout
Assignments: Jan 6 to 20 |
Jan 24 to Feb 3 |
Feb 7 to March 7 |
March 10 to April 4
McMaster University ||
Department of Religious Studies
Annette Yoshiko Reed - Email, Homepage
|