Post date: Feb 18, 2019 4:50:21 PM
Note: I have given you an assignment sheet, and I have copied one below. Scroll down to see it.
Samuel-Maccabees Study Guide (History of Ancient Israel)
For Friday, February 22: Read the first two assignments in the Samuel--Maccabees unit and answer the study questions. This unit is also named "History of Ancient Israel." Be ready for a quiz.
For Monday, February 25: Read the third assignment.
For Tuesday, February 26: Read the fourth assignment.
For Wednesday, February 27: Be ready for a test on the first four reading assignments in this unit. This test will cover I and II Samuel and I Kings.
For Thursday, February 28: Read the fifth assignment.
For Friday, March 1: Read the sixth assignment.
For Wednesday, March 6: Be ready for a test on days five and six. This test will cover II Kings through Nehemiah.
For Thursday, March 7 : Read the seventh assignment and answer the study questions. But note that Judith is extra credit.
Friday, March 8: Quiz on Maccabees.
Tuesday, March 12: Essay on favorite character or story is due. Compelling Character or Story Essay
Text: Oxford Study Bible
The Rise of the Monarchy
____Day 1: Introduction to Samuel (p.277)Bible and Myth—Magnuson
1 Sam. 1.-2.17
3.1-21
4.1-22
5.1-12
6.1-7.1
Note that the text does not always approve of the monarchy.
____Day 2: 1 Sam. 8.1-22; 10.17-27; and 12.1-25 (Read this section together.)
9.1-10.16 (Pro-monarchy section)
14.47-52
15.1-3, 7-16, 22-28
16.1-23
17.4-17, 25-58
18.1-9
19.1-19
20.1-3,16-25,35-37,39-42
21.1-15
22.1-2
23.1-2,5,13-18
24.1-22
28.3-8,11-17,19-20
31.4
____Day 3: 2 Sam. 3.1-5 (David’s sons)
5.1-10
6.1-5,12-23
7.1-16
11.1-27
12.1-25
13.1-39
18.1-33
Intro to Kings (p.340)
1 Kings 1.28-31
3.1-14,16-28
4.20-34
5.1-18
8.12-15,27-34,41-43 (Temple worship)
10.1-3,23-24
11.1-4,11-13,20,40-43
The Division and Decline of the Kingdom
____Day 4: 1 Kings 12.1-31 (Rehoboam, Jeroboam)
14.19-31
16.29-18.40 (Elijah)
19.1-21 (Elijah and the still small voice)
21.1-29 (The vineyard of Naboth)
2 Kings 2.1-15 (Elisha)
___Day 5: 2 Kings 4.1-7, 32-37 (a couple of Elisha’s miracles)
5.1-17 (Elisha and Na’aman the Syrian)
12.17-18
13.1-9, 14-25 (Jehoahaz and Jehoash) (Another miracle)
17.1-23 (Fall of Israel/Samaria) (Samaritans?)
18.1-8 (Hezekiah)
19.20-22, 28 (Isaiah threatens Sennacherib, the Assyian conquerer)
19.32-37 (185,000 enemies are killed by the angel of the LORD)
21.1-9,16-18 (Manasseh’s evil reign)
22.1-2,8-13 (Josiah and the discovery of the scroll [Deuteronomy])
23.1-30 (Josiah’s reform)
23.31-37
24.1-20 (Fall of the Southern Kingdom/Judah/Jerusalem)
25.1-12,27-30
Intro to Chronicles (p.405) (Note southern bias)
1 Chronicles 10.1-14 (Saul’s death and Davidic bias)
Intro to 2 Chronicles (p.437)
Return From Exile
___Day 6: Intro to Ezra (p.473)
Ezra 1.1-7
4.1-5 (Samaritans)
Intro to Nehemiah (p.485)
Neh. 1.1-3
2.1-20
8.1-18
9.1-3 (Separateness and purity)
9.34-38 (Review of past sins)
10.28-37 (Separateness) (Enodogamy)
11.1-2
___Day 7: Intro to Maccabees (p.1197)
1 Maccabees 1.1-17,20-30,41-53,56-57,62-64 (Antiochus)
2.1-6,15-25,42-48 (Mattathias)
3.18 (“Heaven” not God)
4.54-59 (Eight days miracle is in the Talmud)
8.1-4 (Judas makes an alliance with the Romans)
Intro to 2 Maccabees (p.1233)
2 Macc. 12.43,45; 15.11-16; 7.11-37, 14.26(Late Jewish/Christian concepts)
Intro to Judith (p.1071)
Judith 2.1-6; 4.1-9; 10.1-4
11.1-5,8,10-19,21
12.10-13.20
“The Historical Context of Early Judaism” (pp.42-45 in “Articles”)