Friday, March 11, 2016

Group Oral Exam Schedule (Wisdom Literature)

Group Oral Exam Schedule:
Wednesday March 16, 2016
Venue: Arnoldus Hall



The Sets of Questions:
Set 1: Assignment 1 chap. 1
Set 2: Assignment 1 chap. 2
Set 3: Assignment 1 chap. 3
Set 4: Assignment 1 chap 4
Set 5: Assignment 2 chap. 8
Set 6: Assignment 3 chap 14
Set 7: Assignment 4 chap 15
Set 8: Assignment 5 Chap 10
Set 9: Assignment 6: Chap 12
Set 10: Assignment 7: Chap 17
Set 11: Assignment 8: Chap 18

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

History of the Filipino Bible Symposium

Date: March 2
Attendance will be checked.

Final Examination in Wisdom Literature: Puncta pro examinatione

FORMAT: GROUP ORAL EXAMINATION
Date: March 16 from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Mechanics:

1. Your group is your Ceresko Assignment Group (6 groups in all).

2.  In the examination room, your group, by drawing lots, will receive a set questions based on the Ceresko Assignments.

3.The members one by one has to give answer to all the questions in the set.  As times there are more than 5 questions per set, every individual member must give answer to at least one of the questions to pass the test.

4.  You will graded one by one and not as a group.

5. Duration: 30 minutes per group (no preparation time before your turn). Practice your answers so every member is allotted enough time.

6. In the examination room, only a copy of the bible is allowed and this will be provided by the
examiner.

7. Hints:
--Familiarity with the wisdom texts, passages, chapters and verses, citing them in support of your answers is a plus factor.

--Incorporating my additions ( my own notes and lectures) to Ceresko is another plus factor.

8. Grading System:

  • A =                 Excellent =           95-100
  • A minus  =      Very Good =        90-94
  • B+ =                Good =                 85-89
  • B =                  Sufficient =           80-84
  • B minus =        Poor =                  75-79
  • C =                   Failure =               70-74

9. The Sets of Questions:
Set 1: Assignment 1 chap. 1
Set 2: Assignment 1 chap. 2
Set 3: Assignment 1 chap. 3
Set 4: Assignment 1 chap 4
Set 5: Assignment 2 chap. 8
Set 6: Assignment 3 chap 14
Set 7: Assignment 4 chap 15
Set 8: Assignment 5 Chap 10
Set 9: Assignment 6: Chap 12
Set 10: Assignment 7: Chap 17
Set 11: Assignment 8: Chap 18


10. Time-slots (by draw lots):
1. 8:30 - 9:00
2. 9:15- 9:45
3. 10:30 - 11:00
4. 11:10 - 11:40
5. 2:00 - 2:30
6. 2:40 - 3:10

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Group Assignment No. 8: "Old Testament Wisdom and the New Testament" (Ceresko, pp. 171-180)

Group Assignment No. 8: "Old Testament Wisdom and the New Testament" (Ceresko, pp. 171-180)

Discuss with your designated group-mates, Ceresko, Chapter 18 "Old Testament Wisdom and the New Testament" (Ceresko, pp. 171-180 )and answer the Review Questions on pp. 179-180. Please be ready with your written answers on Wednesday next week, *January 20, 2016. Submit your work to the Dean's Office.

*Free Cut (no class) on January 20, 2016.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Group Assignment No. 7 Ceresko Chapter 17

Group Assignment No. 7: Wisdom Outside the "Wisdom Books" (Ceresko, pp. 160-170)

Discuss with your designated group-mates, Ceresko, Chapter 17 "Wisdom Outside the 'Wisdom Books' (Ceresko, pp. 160-170) and answer the Review Questions on pp. 169-179. Please be ready with your written answers on Wednesday next week, January 13, 2016.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Wisdom of Ben Sira

The Wisdom of Ben Sira

1. The Book of Sirach: Introductory Points

2. The Book of Sirach: Selected Texts and Themes

Group Assignment No. 6: Ceresko Chapter 12

Group Assignment No. 6: Ecclesiastes in Ceresko, 103-114.
Discuss with your designated group-mates, Ceresko, Chapter 12 "The Book of Ecclesiasters (Qoheleth): Selected Passages (pages 103-114) and answer the Review Questions on pp. 113-114. Please be ready with your written answers  next year Wed, January 6, 2016.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Group Assignment No. 5: Ceresko, Chapter 10

Discuss with your designated group-mates, Ceresko, Chapter 10 "The Book of Job: Some Key Texts"  (pp. 76-89) and answer together the review questions (the 11 questions only) at the end the chapter (pp. 89-90). Please be ready with your written answers on Dec. 9 (Wed).

Monday, November 23, 2015

The Book of Proverbs

1. Introduction

2. Selected Texts
2.1 The Vocabulary of the Wise in Proverbs 1:2-7
2.2 The Thirty Sayings of the Wise (Prov 22:17 – 24:22)
2.3  The Wisdom Woman and Creation in Proverbs 8:22-31



5. The Fear of the Lord as the Beginning of Wisdom

6. The Rich and the Poor in the Traditional Wisdom Literature.

7. Proverbs 2 and Proverbs 8 (posted 12/1/2015)

8. The Duterte Charm (posted 12/2/15)



Group Assignment no. 4: Ceresko Chapter 15

Discuss with your designated group mates Ceresko, Chapter 15 "The Book of Wisdom: An Overview" (pp. 139-146) and answer together the review questions (8) at the end the chapter (pp. 145-146). Please be ready with your written answers on Dec. 2 (Wed) .We will be discuss your answers in class. I will collect the written reports afterwards.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Wisdom Exegesis Paper

In lieu of the Midterm Exam, Wisdom students shall a Wisdom Exegesis Paper. Click here for the details.

Deadline: February 5, 2016.

HEBREW POETRY: THE FORMS THAT WISDOM TAKES

Group Assignment 3: Ceresko, Chapter 14 "The Wisdom of Ben Sira: Selected Passages"

Discuss with your designated group mates Ceresko, Chapter 14 "The Wisdom of Ben Sira: Selected Passages" (pp. 127-137) and answer together the review questions (8) at the end the chapter (p. 137.). Please be ready with your written answers on Nov. 25 (Wed) .We will be discuss your answers in class. I will collect the written reports afterwards.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Origins of Ancient Israel

On this topic (see Ceresko, chap. 3, pp. 15-16), you can read my article "Where Did Israel Come From? Models of the Origins of Ancient Israel," Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology 34 (2009): 28-63.

Or you can down load the whole volume 34 of Diwa here:

Group Assignment 2

Discuss with your designated group mates Ceresko, Chapters  8 and answer together the questions at the end the chapter (p. 65). Please be ready with your written answers on Nov. 18 (Wed) as we will be discussing your answers in class and be collected after class.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The Persian Period



To have an idea of the macro-cosmic context of the composition of Proverbs, Job, and Psalms, knowledge of the Persian Empire is helpful. You can read the first chapter of Amy Chua, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall (Anchor Books, 2009) -Arnoldus Library JC 539.C58d 2009.



The Persian Period, ca. 583-400 or Early Post-exilic period is "one of the most productive eras in the history of Israelite religion” (R. Albertz, 1994) witnessing a multiplicty of “theological currents”: Priestly, Chronistic, wisdom, prophetic and psalm, traditions." See Rainer Albertz, A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, Volume II: From the Exile to the Maccabees (Old Testament Library ; Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox, pp. 437-533.
You can CLICK HERE for my ppt lecture in pdf (2012) on the Persian Period.

Read also Ceresko, pp. 24-30.