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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This is the syllabus used when the Bible study was reading the book of Genesis, in the summer of 2008. Throughout the study of the book of Genesis we used Leon R Kass' commentary called The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis. <br />
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== Schedule ==<br />
=== May 13 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 1<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 1 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* Selections from Barth's '''Church Dogmatics'''<br />
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=== May 20 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 2 & 3<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
Chapters 2 & 3 of Kass's Commentary<br />
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=== May 27 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 4 & 5<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 4 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* Forward and chapter "The Founding Murder" from '''I See Satan Fall Like Lightning''' by Rene Girard<br />
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=== June 3 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 6<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 5 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* "The Virtues in Heroic Societies" by Alasdair MacIntyre<br />
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=== June 10 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 7 & 8<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 6 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* [http://biblestudy.definingterms.com/Readings/calvin_genesis8.pdf Commentary on Genesis 8 by John Calvin]<br />
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=== June 17 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 9: 18-28<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 7 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdrunknoah.html Straight Dope on Drunken Noah]. Note that there are actually two pages to this website (I originally and accidentally sent out only page 2). The first page is about the text and the second about the historical use of the text. Feel free to read one or both. I look forward to questions and discussion in the forum.<br />
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=== June 24 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 10 & 11<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 8 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* God Came Down... and God Scattered: Acts of Punishment or Acts of Grace? by Nancy deClaisse-Walford<br />
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=== July 1 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Genesis 10 & 11<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 9 of Kass's Commentary<br />
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=== July 8 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Abraham and Sarah<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 10 of Kass's Commentary<br />
* Two devotional passages from Charles Spurgeon on God's promises: [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/morneve.d0428am.html one] [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/morneve.d0418pm.html two]<br />
* [http://www2.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/patrairc.htm Abraham in Egypt: A Collation of Evidence for the Case of the Missing Wife by Thomas W. Mackay] - A Mormon analysis of Abram and Sarai in Egypt<br />
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=== July 15 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
Patriarchy<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 11 of Kass's Commentary<br />
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=== July 22 ===<br />
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==== Topic ====<br />
"Inheriting the Way", from Abraham to Isaac<br />
==== Readings ====<br />
* Chapter 12 of Kass's Commentary</div>Wikiadmin