The class I am teaching this semester is a one semester introduction to the Bible. I have always found it hard to teach the Bible in one year, but cramming it into one semester is just nuts. In order to get everything in, I have to teach the patriarchs in just one session. That session happened to be today. Ordinarily I would have 65 minutes per class. But today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, so all of our classes have been shortened to 50 minutes. Poor Isaac only got mentioned in one PowerPoint slide!
Just when I thought my treatment of the patriarchs couldn’t get any more compressed than it already was . . .
On the other hand, I did coin the adjective “birthrightalicious” to refer to the soup Jacob gave to Esau for his birthright, so the day is not a total loss.
On January 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
HA! Birthrightalicious has got to be the best word of the day.
Are your students required to read the whole bible through in one semester?
I’ve just started reading through the entire bible in a month to see if it can be done. I’ll be posting that series starting on February 1. I can’t imagine trying to teach a survey course of the whole bible in one Semester. I suppose the key for surveys is to “Look for the details later for now just enjoy the broad overview.”
On January 24th, 2008 at 12:03 am
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