Religion 122a: INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

Prof. Anne McGuire, Haverford College

Discussion Board Postings on the Readings for Class

Each of you will be posting on Blackboard's Discussion Board before every class:

• 1) for one class each week, you'll post a 2-3 Paragraph Analysis of some aspect of the primary source readings assigned for class by 9 p..m. the night before class;
• 2) for the other class, you'll post 2-3 brief Responses to the Analysis postings for that class; these Responses should be posted before class meets on T and Th.

The class will be divided into two groups by the end of the second week of class. Half of the class will post the 2-3 paragraph Analysis by Monday 9 p.m. for Tuesday's class; the other half of the class will post by Wednesday 9 p.m. for Thursday's class.

For the class for which you are not posting an Analysis, you are responsible for at least 3 Responses to other students' Analysis postings on Blackboard. You should go to the Blackboard Discussion Board after 9 p.m. the night before class, read the posted Analyses, and enter a brief response (1-3 sentences) to at least 3 posted Analyses.

For your Analysis postings, y ou may select any important element of the text: a theme, a short passage or episode, a character, use of Jewish scripture, a saying of Jesus, etc. You may choose to use the syllabus Discussion Topics as a guide. Analyse briefly the ways the element you've chosen to focus on is represented in the text, how it fits with other themes, what it tells us about the text and/or its historical context. If appropriate, offer an interpretative claim about the significance of the material.

In class each of you may be asked to share with the class your thoughts and/or questions about the material.

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