Homework for 2/5

CLASS BEGINS AT 12:30 ends at 2:45 and you are invited to join me afterwards:
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02/05/08. Lecture: Introducing the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mary. Hon 112, Tuesday, February 5, from 3:30P to 5:15P in 101 Neville Hall, University of Maine at Orono 

  1. Read the Syllabus and note questions.
  2. Read the introduction to the Greek-English New Testament, 7*-14*: Structure and Critical Signs
  3. Acts 19:9
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bulletStudy the Greek alphabet and the transcription in Latin characters.
bulletIf the Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you will need to download and  install the program in order to read and print the files. Get Acrobat Reader
bulletAlphabet: Ray Summers, Essentials of New Testament Greek, revised by Thomas Sawyer (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1995) 1-5
bulletExercises: Steven L. Cox, Essentials of New Testament Greek: A Student's Guide (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999) 1-4 ]
bulletCopy Acts 19:9 in Greek letters and transcribe it in Latin alphabet.

Homework for 2/12

  1. Part

    bulletExercise: Write the following in Greek letters:

    pater hēmōn ho en tois ouranois, 
    hagiasthētō to onoma sou, 
    elthetō hē basileia sou,

    (When finished compare with Matth 6:9ff)

    bulletLook up in a Greek-English dictionary: patēr; ouranos; onoma; basileia
    bulletLook up in an analytical dictionary and write down the lexical form of: esklērynonto
    (if you cannot access the dictionary, try at least to identify the information on these copies: Acts19 dictionary.pdf)
  2. Part
    bulletRead information on manuscripts א, A, B, C: Aland, Text of the NT; Metzger, Text of the NT ; or read the first chapter of David Trobisch, Paul's Letter Collection (reprint 2001), available as Acrobat Reader file "Manuscripts"  or online at Trobisch, Paul's Letter Collection (reprint 2001) [If the link does not work, try http://www.religion-online.org go to New Testament, search for "Trobisch"]
    bulletDescribe the Greek variants of Acts 19:9 in full English sentences. Do this exercise in writing. Email me your solution if you want to, I may show it in class.

    Example (first variant):

    Instead of hōs de tines manuscript D reads tines men oun autōn.

Homework for 3/11

  1. Pick a verse of the Gospel of Luke that shows variants and describe the variants in full English sentences. Bring it to class next time. This will be part of your portfolio for this class.

  2. Pick a verse of the Letters of Paul and transcribe the Greek (using the Latin alphabet). This will be part of your portfolio as well.

  3. Pick a book. Write a book review. Post it on the web.

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    List of books (check out the book of your choice, if it is not available pick another one)

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    Instructions for book reviews

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    Examples

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    Submit it here

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    What your class mates wrote

  4. Type the following text and structure it. How did you proceed? Write down your strategy.

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    nessDownEastcountiesexploretourismplanTwoMaineco
    untiesmayteamupwithNewBrunswicktoattracttourismd
    ollarsSeeA8StyleAnunobservedwarofworldproportion
    sNewYorkhistoriancontendsSpanishAmericanWarseco
    ndmostimportantofUSconflictsSeeC6SportsMensskiing
    finallygoesdownhillJeanLucCretierofFrancewonthetwice
    postponedpremiermenseventattheWinterOIyrnpicsSeeC1

    More examples:

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Homework for 3/25

  1. Structure the Old Testament book Nehemiah in no less then three and no more than eight parts. Follow the guidelines presented to you in class. Bring your observations to class, we will discuss them. Be prepared to present your argument.
  2. Finish  your book review -- if you have not done so yet.
  3. Exercise in Redaction-Criticism: Compare Matthew 8:23-27 with Mark 4:35-41
bulletWhat do both texts have in common?
bulletWhat is different?
bulletUse different colors, for example: Yellow highlighter for common wording, red for Matthew, blue for Mark.

Tuesday 4/1 6:00 PM -- Sea Dog, 26 Front Street, Bangor, Map -- whoever wants to come.

Homework for Wednesday 4/1

Write down your thoughts about how the editor of the book of Nehemiah wanted us to structure the text.

  1. Begin with text observations,
  2. present your argument, and
  3. end with a table that organizes the text in blocks (Use the chapter and verse numbers to identify beginning and end of the blocks).

No more than two pages long. This will be part of your portfolio. Due next Tuesday at class time. Please email me your analysis. Thank you.

Homework for 4/8

Pick one miracle story from Matthew 8-9 and compare it to the parallel in Mark. Note additions, deletions, rearrangements and interpret them on the basis of the 2-Source-Theory. Do it in writing. This will become part of your portfolio.

Homework for Ian, Josh, Charlie (separate session):

Memorize:

John 8:2-11
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them.

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him.

Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground.

When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, sir." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again."

Homework for 4/15

Finish your synoptic comparison for the portfolio. Due next week. Pick one miracle story from Matthew 8-9 and compare it to the parallel in Mark. Note additions, deletions, rearrangements and interpret them on the basis of the 2-Source-Theory. Two to five pages.

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