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   Patriarchal Period: Read Me  

 Genesis Chapters 11-50

   Nomadic tent pitched under Abraham's "sky of promise"   recalls the promise made to Abram:  "Your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky..." How true this has become as devout, Jews, Muslims and Christians in the billions see him as the common Father of the Faith.

       
 Our icon for this period is an ancient hieroglyph found in an Egyptian tomb.  It depicts semitic people (possibly Israelites) coming to Egypt with their flocks and goods.
 Start of Semester II:  Please be prepared this semester for an increase in open notes' quizzes based on the lecture and quizzes  based on the homework.  Be sure to put a day and a date on all your notes.
1.  Complete the front side of the study guide and reading of Genesis 13-14 "The Call and Testing of Abraham." There will be a quiz on this material after a brief review session next class:
1/9  ACE Wed   1/10 BDFG Thurs

2.  Complete the BACK side of the study guide and reading of Genesis 18-21 "The Call and Testing of Abraham."

1/11  ACEG FRI   1/14 BD Mon
3.  Three paragraph response  to the openning scenes of Frequency  (Class handout).  Your response should be on one page, typed and  double spaced.  (Possible 30 points)  Block G DUE MONDAY  1/14

4.  Memorize Hebrews 11: 1 and 3.
 Faith is the realization  of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.  By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.


Due:  ACEG Tues  1/14 and Wed 1/15
#5  Read Chapter 5 in Understanding the Scriptures ("Abraham, Our Father").   Possible quiz coming up next class on...

Friday, 1/17  Blocks ACE G and Blocks BDF 1/22

Note:  Block G (only) should have questions 1-19 at the end of chapter 5 finished by 1/17 Fri.
#6   Study for Test on Abraham material.  Here's what you should study: 
  • Lecture notes since the beginning of the quarter, 
  • Your answer to the study guide questions on the Call and Testing of Abraham
  • Your answers to questions 1-19 on page 104 of Understanding the Scriptures, and
  • Terms sheet for Abraham and handed out in class (linked here).
Expect about 40 questions and one essay.

Testing Date:  Blocks  ACE and G on Wednesday 1/23 (Note, G block's test has been moved to Wednesday, not Tuesday)    Blocks BD on Thursday 1/24.
7.   Read Genesis 24 "Isaac and Rebekah,"  take one full page of notes which you will be allowed to review before a closed notes quiz on this material (Notes will be turned in before the quiz)  Due Date:  Friday, 1/25  Blocks ACE G and      Blocks BDF 1/28
8.  Study the Vocabulary on pg.  125 of Understanding the Scriptures and the vocabulary presented on the board in our last lecture.

Due Date:  Blocks ACEG Tues 1/29 and BD  Wed 1/30
9. Memorize the 12 Sons of Jacob (in birth order)   (List Provided Here)  Yes  Spelling Counts!  
Due Date: 1/31/   Thurs (Blocks ACE)   2/1  Fri  (Blocks BDG)            
10.  Read, highlight and take one full page of notes on "The Story of Joseph"  Genesis 37, 39-50.

Keep the notes in the notes' section of your journal (they will be helpful for a possible open notes'quiz)

Due Date 2/4 ACE Due Date:   2/5  BDG
      
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