Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Welcome to Padua. Make it a GREAT year.
What we did today.
• 1. I distributed your textbooks and recorded their numbers. (11th period
must cover their books by Friday.
• 2. I distributed and reviewed the OT Class Instruction Sheet.
o One person speaks at a time.
o Take this time to be quite and restful
• 3. Be sure to check this website every day.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
What did we do today?
1. We looked over the website for this class. Review it every night.
2. We assigned seats and student numbers for this class.
3. We had a prayer service that included everyone receiving their Bibles. Your
name should be in the Bible. It is yours to keep.
4. We had a free flowing discussion to “warm us up” and to get a feel for
where we are in terms of studying the Old Testament.
REMINDERS
A. Bring your Bible to class every day
B. Bring your OT textbook to class every day.
C. Check Website every night.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
You received your first Homework assignment today, HW 1.1.
• You must read the four goldenrod sheets entitled, “A Sprint Through
Salvation History.” Ok, I was able to get this on the webpage. It’s a bit
awkward, it is in 4 separate downloads. You must fill in the worksheet for
this reading. It is due on Tuesday, September 1.
• This “Sprint Through Salvation History” will be our starting point. This
way everyone will be responsible for the same material. Get to understand this
sheet and you are on your way to a successful year.
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There will be a quiz on Monday. Know the first 5 books of the bible, in order
with correct spelling.
This should help you God Enjoys Long Naps, Dude
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
For first period we covered the following
We discovered that the word “Eucharist” is Greek, meaning “Thank You,” or “To
Give Thanks.” Hence, Catholics go to Mass to say thank you.
• Catholics do not go to Mass “to get something out of it.” We go to Mass to
put ourselves INTO it!
• Catholics read from the Lectionary at Mass. The Lectionary is NOT the Bible.
Rather, Bible passages are “cut” from the Bible and pasted into a Lectionary.”
Hence a person who reads at Mass is called a “Lector.”
• You may find the Readings for any day by logging on to
o www.usccb.org.
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Monday August 31, 2009
Today we had a quiz on the first 5 books of the Bible. (Q 1.1)
We learned a few things about these books.
• 1. The Hebrew word for these 5 books is “Torah”
o Torah means “The Law”
• 2. The Greek word for the first five books is Pentateuch.
o Pentateuch = “penta” = five, “teuch” = vessel or instrument
• 3. Hence we may refer to Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
as the “Torah” (Hebrew), the “Pentateuch” or in English, “The Law.”
• The above was not discussed in 11th period. We’ll do it tomorrow.
I distributed the syllabus for this course to you. The signed portion is due
on Wednesday. It is HW 1.2.
From the Syllabus we learned that the “Old Testament” and the “Hebrew
Scriptures” refer to the same thing. However, a person of the Jewish faith
would not refer to the Hebrew Scriptures as the “Old Testament.” Why not?
The Syllabus reminds you that the course is being taught from a Catholic
perspective. There are other ways in which to study the bible. We will be
sensitive to these methods.
For the most part, Catholics know of the bible by going to Mass on Sunday.
Many do not know that the readings at Mass are contained in a book called the
Lectionary. Catholics as well as mainline protestants use the lectionary.
A mainline protestant would be Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist,
etc. Non mainline groups usually do not use the Lectionary, but select
readings individually for their services.
Remember, HW 1.1 is due tomorrow. Good Luck.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
We began class with a prayer asking for God’s Blessing.
• Upon discussing “blessing” we discovered that we may not have a complete
understanding of what “blessing” is.
• Some of us said the following
o A blessing is a gift
o A blessing makes something/one holy.
o A blessing is forgiveness/mercy/ special favor
o A blessing makes something sacred.
• The above responses prompted questions such as: what is holy? What is
sacred? And so on.
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A blessing is a recognition of God’s presence in the world. When we recognize
a blessing we recognize God.
We then began our discussion about Salvation History: God’s actions in the
world and people’s responses to that activity.
The Bible is a the primary source for us to begin. That is why it is important
to have an overview of what it is we are speaking about.
I did not collect HW 1.1 Be sure to study it tonight. There MAY be a quiz
tomorrow.
We began drawing a timeline of Salvation history by looking at our Bibles on
page 1806.
Biblical History begins with Abraham and continues today.
Ok. be sure to be able to whip up a quick timeline at any time. For example.
God Speaks Exodus Monarchy Exile
2000 BC 1290 BC 1000 BC 587 BC
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Abraham Moses Saul, David, Solomon
Jesus
You should be able to take your “Sprint Through Salvation History page and
outline it easily. For example.
• 1. Founders and the Promise
o God Speaks to Abraham a nomad
o God makes a covenant with Abraham: make descendants a blessing and give
them a home (Canaan)
o This promise is fulfilled in Christ.
o Abraham’s desecendents: Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
• 2. Exodus of the Israelites and the Covenant.
o Abraham’s descendents move to Egypt because of a famine
o Eventually they are enslaved and call to God to get them out of Egypt.
o Moses is selected to free the Israeltes!
o Moses receives 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai → The People of God.
o Wondered 40 years in the desert.
• 3. Taking Over the Promised Land
o Joshua led battles to take over Canaan
o Organized selves into 12 tribes (12 sons of Jacob)
o Judges were their leaders.
o Became settled and agricultural
• 4. Nation and the Temple.
o David the most famous king, (But Saul was first)
o Solomon (David’s son built the Temple)
o Jerusalem = capital of Judah
• 5. Kings and Prophets
o Solomon dies/ nation splits in two. North = Israel South = Judah.
o Kings practiced Idolatry (ouch!)
o Prophets challenge kings and comfort people who were being oppressed
o Assyrians conquer the Northern Kingdom (Israel)
o Babylonians conquer Southern Kingdom (Judah, Jerusalem is capital)
o Temple is destroyed by Babylonians.
• 6. Babylonian Exile and Jewish Dispersion
o While in Exile prophets encourage people to be faithful to God
o Second Isaiah = God was the only God = monotheism
o Exile = 50 years
o Persians (under King Cyrus) conquer Babylonians.
o Persians allow Exiles to return to Judah (now called Jews)
o Not all Jews went back, but settled elsewhere. They are called the Jews of
the Dispersion or the Diaspora. Jerusalem is their capital.
o IMPORTANT: during the time of the Exile is when the Hebrew Scriptures began
to be collected and recorded as we know them today!
• 7. More Oppressors
o Greek (Alexander the Great) conquers Persians
• Overlords of Jews for over 300 years
o Romans defeated Greeks and captured Jerusalem in 63 BC.
• Tolerant yet very oppressive.
o Jews hope and pray for God to save them with a messiah. . .
. 8. Jesus, the Savior.
Jesus is the fulfillment of God's promise
Story of Jesus and growth of early Church is found in the New
Testament.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 OT
I collected the parental forms from the syllabus in 11th period today.
First Period bring yours to class on Friday.
Hopefully you studied last night as if we were going to have a quiz. If you
did, then today’s review for you was really helpful. If not, then you might
have felt lost. Hence, the lesson is this, study EVERY night before you come
to class. You will learn more and it will be less stressful!
I put together a Slideshow with possible quiz/test questions about salvation
history.
There will be a quiz on Salvation History on Friday.
You may look at the notes for yesterday. These notes outline the entire History.
I posted the slide show we looked at today. It is on the download section of
the website under "Salvation history Q and A." It is in pdf format
QUIZ on FRIDAY!
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Today we took our second quiz, Q 1.2, on Salvation History. Grades should be
online as of NOW.
I assigned your first project, P1.1.
You are to illustrate “A Sprint Through Salvation History.”
• Make a movie, a poster, a slideshow, a puppet show, whatever it is you want
to do, just do it.
• If you want to make a movie with a group. Go ahead. You must use lots of
props and costumes if you pick this option an you must clear it with me!
• Instructions are posted on the Website.
I collected parent signatures for the syllabus.
Have a good weekend. Br. Mike
