Theology 108-01:
OLD TESTAMENT - JEWISH / CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES

DATE

TOPIC

ASSIGNMENTS

PRESENTATION /
FEASTS

Week I
Aug. 26, 1996

Introducing the Older Testament-How do people remember their past? Who, when and where is important? What is the underlying belief that is found in the assigned texts. Are there different literary forms? Is there anything missing?

B,g.Ch.1-11;"T".Chs.1 and 2
2t.3:16-17;2pt.1:20-21;
d.5:1-22;B.21-46and 78,105,106,135-6
1sm through 2nd Ch.

Refer to the Presentation Page

Sept. 8 Birth of Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Week II
Sept. 3, 1996

Introduction (cont.) - Eastern thought; e.g.,sign or symbol; intuition or logic;the concrete or the abstract?

d.6:5-25;8:7-10 and 26:5-10a;
g.27-50;"T."Ch.3 and Ch.4;e.1-20:20.

Sept.14 / Triumph of the Holy Cross
Sept.15 / Our Lady of Sorrows (Esp. Servites)

Week III
Sept. 9, 1996

Introduction (cont.) CANON and AUTHORITY which books are sacred to jews and Christians of all/some persuasions)? Why the differences?

ml.3 &4;C.C.D.R.of the Documents of Vatican II (any collection of the Documents,Decree on Revelation); and in "T.",Ch.5

STUDENT ASSESSMENTS # I;
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY BY PROFESSOR>

Week IV
Sept. 16, 1996

Introduction (cont.) The HERMENEUTICAL Task. Does anything and everything 'go?'

ju.1:1-3,6:4-9 and 10:6-12:7,13-16;
1sm.8-10;2sm.7:9-20;1kg-2,and p.1,2,3,48 and
148;s.s.-1-8,pr.-8 & 10;ec.-1 & 2; jo.28;
"T"-Chs.6 & 7.

Sept. 28 / Sts. Dominic Ibanez de Erquicia, O.P., Lorenzo Ruiz, O.P. (Husband and Layman), James Kyushei Tomonaga, O.P. and Companions (Phillipines)
Sept. 29 / Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels.

Week V
Sept. 23, 1996

A Nation is Formed-When we try to help others to understand us and our experience we usually do not begin with our birth and early childhood (all common experiences), but usually with some decisive event, for Israel it is the 'EXODUS.' How do these people experience the 'POWER?'

1k.-12-21;a.and h.;T"Ch.8 &9;
2k.23-25;i.1-56;m;z.;na.;and ha.ez.3"3-39,i.40-45.
A Friday night (Sabbath Service) at a Jewish Synagogue should be attempted.
Thursday, Oct. 2,.1996-last day course may be dropped with WF/or/WP.

STUDENT PRESENTATION SHOULD BE DONE WITH PHASE I , AND INTO PHASE II

Sept. 30 / St. Jerome, Patron of Scripture Studies;
Oct. 1 / Respect Life Day
Oct .4 / Yom Kippur.
Oct. 4 / St. Francis of Assisi.

Week VI
Sep. 30, 1996

A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY-What is the significance(i. e., the advantages and disadvantages of a 'land-based' knowledge of God? Is the monotheistic God thought of a localized BEING?

hg.;zch.;o.;jl;ml.1 & 2,jr.3:6-10
& 3l:30-35;r.;2ch.13;ezr.7-10;"T"-Chs.10 & 11.

STUDENT ASSESSMENTS # II;
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY BY PROFESSOR

Oct. 7 / Our Lady of the Rosary
Oct. 9 / Columbus Day; Thanksgiving Day (Canada);
Oct. 9 / St. Louis Bertrand, O.P.

Oct. 16 / REVIEW FOR MIDTERM
Oct. 18 / MIDTERM

Week VII
Oct. 7, 1996

A King like the Other Nations-Is it an amphectomy, a monarchy, theocracy, or a republic? If someone is Jewish does it mean one's ethnic, religious or civil background, or all three?

dn.;1mc1-4;2mc.7:1-42;si.1 & 2;"T"-Chs.12;
N.B. - OCTOBER 11,1996- (FRIDAY),FALL HOLIDAY
N. B. - MID-TERM NEXT WEEK

Oct. 16 / Bl. Alberto Hurrando (Chile)
Oct. 18 / St. Luke, Evangelist
Oct. 19 / North American Martyrs
CHECK PRESENTATION MATERIAL IN LEARNING CENTER FOR GRAMMAR/COMPOSITION

Week VIII
Oct. 14, 1996

Judah and Israel-The Two Kingdoms. Cultural differentiation gave rise to many problems including religious ones; this new situation gave rise to formal prophecy; then came written prophecy, a new dimension. What is their purpose?

lv.19-23;last chapters(2) of dt.:Ps.1-30;"T"-Ch.13.
MID-TERM WEEK(Oct.16,Wed.Review)-Fri.Mid-term,Oct.18)

Presentation research continues, finish typing your part of the presentation and save CONTENT on disk (as DOS-TEXT) and given to your PRODUCER OF THE TEAM FOR INCORPORATION ON YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE WEB OF YOUR SUBJECT MATTER

Week IX
Oct. 21, 1996

What is the Prophets response. Who are the Samaritans?

Ps.31-54:"T"-Ch.14.

STUDENT TEAM PRESENTATIONS FROM FR. MADDEN'S WEB PAGE SHOULD BE IN STAGE III
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS # III; ASSESSMENT SUMMARY BY PROFESSOR

Oct. 28 / St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles.
Oct. 31 / Protestant Reformation Day (Thurs.)
Oct. 31 / ALL HALLOWS EVE;
Nov. 1 / ALL SAINTS DAY
Nov. 2 / ALL SOULS DAY
Nov. 3 / St. Martin de Porres, O.P. (Lima, Peru)

Week X
Oct. 28, 1996

Judah and its capital, Jerusalem(The city of Peace,'Ur Salem')

Ps.55-150:"T"-Ch.1

Week XI
Nov. 4, 1996

Israel, the Northern Kingdom, its fragilities

1st and 2nd Maccabees-"B"

Nov. 11 / Veterans' Day
Nov. 13 / St. Francis Cabrini, M.S.C. (Italian/Americans)

Week XII
Nov. 11, 1996

Dashed Hopes

lst and 2nd Maccabees in Boadt-"Deuteronomist"

PHASE IV-STUDENT PRESENTATIONS OFF OF FR.MADDEN'S WEB PAGE STUDENT ASSESSMENTS # IV; ASSESSMENT SUMMARY BY PROFESSOR

Nov. 24 / Sts. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions (Vietnam)
Nov. 25 / Feast of Christ the King (Last Sunday of Liturgical Year in the Roman Catholic Christo-Centric Liturgical Cycle)

Week XIII
Nov. 18, 1996

New Frontiers

REREAD THE ABOVE/ OR CATCH UP

PRESENTATIONS CONTINUE
Nov. 28 / THANKSGIVING DAY
Nov. 28 - Dec. 1 (Thurs - Sunday) / HOLIDAYS

Week XIV
Nov. 25, 1996

The Challenges of a New Age,New Beginnings

REREAD THE ABOVE/ OR CATCH UP

PRESENTATIONS CONTINUE
N.B. - THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
Dec. 2 / US Women Martyrs in El Salvador
Dec. 6 / Review for FINAL
Dec. 8 / FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Mary's that is) Holyday in U.S.A. for Roman Catholic.

Week XV
Dec. 2, 1996

The Roman World engulfs the Helenized World and its provinces, including Judea

Reading catch up time;Review for Final (Fri.)

PRESENTATIONS CONTINUE
Dec. 12 / Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, and various other Roman Catholic Communities and North, Central, and South Americas)
Dec. 13 / St. Lucy (Scandanavian Countries, feast of Lights)
Dec. 25 / Birth of Jesus Christ, traditionally celebrated (Actual day as well as date, unknown)

Week XVI
Dec. 9, 1996

FINALS WEEK

Dec. 6th-remember this is a review,not a reteaching of the whole class and NOT a substitute for taking class notes or reading of the assignments):read malachi Ch.3 and mark.Ch.1(what is the connection?)
The Men of the Great Assembly, the Mishnah, The Intertestamental Period...

The Day of Elijah and 'He who is to come.
FINAL EXAM AT 10:00 A.M. - 11:50 A.M.
Dec. 12 / Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, and various other Roman Catholic Communities and North, Central, and South Americas)
Dec. 13 / St. Lucy (Scandanavian Countries, feast of Lights)
Dec. 25 / Birth of Jesus Christ, traditionally celebrated (Actual day as well as date, unknown)