Below are the links to the homework by Biblical Periods and school weeks.
Go to the biblical period we are currently studying and click on the link.
Introductory Material (First Quarter)
Homework covers an introduction to the basic concepts, structure and background of the Catholic Bible and includes historical material on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
I. Protohistory: (Second Quarter) Homework covers the foundational Judeo-Christian insights of Genesis regarding human rights and dignity, the question of Genesis and evolution, the relationship between science and Scripture, as well as the struggle between secularism and the Judeo-Christian paradigms. Students learn to read protohistorical stories as contextualists.
Creation Stories' Assignments Gen 1-2 First and Second Creation Accounts
B) Decreation Stories (Gen 3-11) Fall of Humanity, Cain & Abel, Lamech, Great Flood and the Tower of Babel.
II.Patriarchs and Matriarchs of Israel (Third Quarter, January)
III.Egyptian- The Exodus and Desert Journey (Third Quarter, February to March)
IV. NEW- WE ARE HERE NOW!!! Click on the link below for homework assignments as they are posted.
V. Israel's Beginnings: The Conquest of Canaan
April 29- May 5.
VI. Born of the "House of David" Jesus, Son of David
Due: May 6 and 7
VII Israel in the First Century BCE The City of David The purpose of this assignment is to help you and your group move forward a bit on your archaeology project by exploring a little archaeology of ancient Jerusalem, Qumran or Masada.
DUE: May 8 -9
<> Last Assignments are in this section! Due dates starting May 10th
The Passion and Passover of Jesus
The Rock of Jesus and his Church.
Jesus who spent most of his private life working as a "carpenter," (builder) knew well how to establish a lasting building (Matt 7:25) - he needed a "rock" to anchor his church to. That "rock" (Petros) was Peter, the fisherman. In this unit, we explore the Biblical basis for the papacy and Catholic teaching regarding Peter and his successors.
The Prophets and Advent of Jesus
The coming of the Messiah (Christ) and our redemption were prophesied in the Hebrew Scriptures for centuries before Christ's arrival. We focus on the messianic prophesies of Isaiah, Psalm 22 and Zechariah which help us recognize the God who is beyond time and space became man to redeem us from sin and death. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke supply the material for the "Infacy Narrative" of the Savior.
The Galilean Ministry of Jesus
The Shroud of Jesus
Born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate In the Creed, we move very quickly from the birth of Jesus to his suffering, death and resurrection. Why is nothing said of His miracles and teachings? Because the purpose for Jesus' coming was to redeem us from sin and reconcile us to God. As Archbishop Fulton Sheen used to say: "You and I came into this world to live. Christ was the only man born in this world to die." So it is that studying Jesus' death and resurrection is the prerquisite to understanding Jesus' life and teaching. In this effort, the Shroud gives us and the world an object lesson in the mystery of his passion and resurrection.
The Resurrection and Divinity of Jesus
