(30)ADVENTURE: In consultation with the instructor or the TA, student will choose a section
(unit, periscope) of Exodus or Deuteronomy OR a theme related to the class which the student
will explore in depth. Possibilities: research paper, a video relating text to our contemporary
world, class presentation, art project, series of written interviews with relevant experts (ex. Bible scholars, residents of Egypt or Israel, Rabbi Adam). Presenting a drama or play might work. It might be helpful to focus on one or more of the fourfold grid explained in “Course Description”
Be creative!
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In no particular order, here below are possible ideas for your Adventure project.
It can be a paper, video, power point, multimedia, art or class presentation.
Many wll choose a paper(probably a 5-7 page research paper,2-3 sources), whether:
a)an extended "Three Worlds" Assignment, where you analyze a passage from Exodus or Dueteronomy from a Three Worlds Perspective
or
b)a topic related to Exodus, Deueteromy, Moses, or topics inspired ny class (several ideas below).
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- Moses as a leader; case study in leadership, see this
- Why two (three, actually) versions of the Ten Commandments?
- Ten Commandments: relevance for today (government, etc)
- Dietary laws: for today?
- Wedding/marriage imagery inTen Commandments/Tabernacle , see this
- Personal reflections: what have I learned in this class?
- Field trip to Jewish/messianic Jewis service/festival. Rabbi Adam's congregation here
- Moses in America.history, see this
- Exodus/Deueteronomy: parallels in ancient history/Ancient Near East
- Issues in interpreting the OT: historicity, relationship to NT etc
- Missiology see this, this, this
- Communitas, see 9/22
- Liminality, see this, this or the various posts tagged "liminality" here
- Kingdom of God in Ex/Deut
- Role of Desert/Wilderness
- Passover
- Sukkot
- Source Criticism/ JEDP, your own observatiuons on different literary styles, sources, terms in Exodus or Deuteronomy
- -"Justifying God": reckoning honestly with how to understand God doing apparently "unGodlike" things in Exodus ( allowing enslavement, killing, advocating killing, judgement on Egyptians, intending to kill Moses, etc.)
- -The "life-saving role of women" (pp. 39-40)
-Kinship societies (Israel) vs. Power-based societies (Egypt) (p. 36)
-"Absence of God"/Lament/"They cried out" (p, 52)
-Civil disobedience, genocide,apartheid (pp, 36-42) - Moses/Exodus motifs in popular culture
- Jesus and New Moses
- Connection of almost any NT book(s) to Exodus Themes (remember, we did Philemon here Matthew, Galatians might also be good choices
- Exodus as the primary motif/narrative in Scripture
- Interviews with Rabbi Adam or other Jewish rabbis/experts
- Literary Structure and Devices in Ex. or Duet.
- Curriculum/sermon/inspirational message/Sunday school lessons on Ex/Deut themes
- Passover and the 5th Cuo (see 11/22)
- Read, review, and wrestle with the preface, chapters and 2, and 187-192 from chapter 12. of this online bookThe Root Values. Releasing the Power of Community
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