The Portfolio: 4% of your Bib Lit grade
Portfolio Requirement: Any portfolio styled binder in which your portfolio material can be neatly presented.
(See some of the samples I have in class)
It should be clean, neat, appealing and contain each of the following in this order:
1) A 2 page (minimum) research paper on the Archaeology of the New Testament.
(This is just a general overview of New Testament Archaeology in which your
group domonstrates a basic knowledge of how archaeology has been important
for the New Testament and some major discoveries).
2) Three 1 -2 page research papers on three separate artifacts, the first of which is
the artifact you recreate. Each of these should be followed by a scale sketch
or drawing of the artifact you researched.
3) A Web site your group has created that will display a picture or two of the artifact
you are duplicating and your research about this. This Website should be published
and a print out of it should be in the third section of your portfolio. Or- a 5 minute power point
presentation on your project (Similar to what you did in Geography)
Here are some links where you can get free web space and easy directions:
http://www.freewebspace.com/ or Geocities free web site or Free Web Hosting
4) CD disk with your website on it (Can be placed anywhere in the portfolio
where it can be secured).
Rubrics: 1 inch margins, 12 point font, double spaced. Blue or black type.
Pictures are nice, but not necessary.
The cover sheet should appear on the outside of the portfolio or be visible
as the first page under a clear cover.
Be sure to footnote any sources you used to avoid plagerism. Footnotes
can be in the form of endnotes, footnotes at the bottom of the page, or
source notes which appear at the end of the sentences to which they apply
The Artifact: 6% of your Bib Lit grade.
An artifact is an item which has been excavated or "dug up" and tells us something about
how ancient peoples lived.
Your artifact must date from Biblical Times (c. 2,000 BC -110AD)
From the time of Abraham through the completion of tne New Testament.
It must have a demonstrable relationship to the Bible
It cannot be an "hypothetical" artifact. In other words, it cannot be something that
has not yet been discovered and authenticated, such as "The Holy Grail," or "The
Nails of the Cross" or "The Manger of Baby Jesus." We don't have these items
and they'd be impossible to authenticate if we did.
Choose something that interests you and that directly relates to the Scriptures, preferably
something that is on display in a museum and more easily reproduced.
The Artifact should look as much like the true artifact as possible, but does not
have to be made of the same material. It does not have to be expensive or ornate. It just has to
look real. Big is not Better. Expensive not "Excellent"
A is for Authentic
and "Attached" to the Bible - A
clear link to some Biblical story, even if it's a Biblical story we did
not spend time on in class.