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SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1INTRODUCTION TO BRENTWOOD BIBLE JOURNEY WITH ARTSpring, 2020Professor: Dr. Don Emler E-mail: BrentwoodBibleJourney@COURSE DESCRIPTION:An introductory survey of the history, thought, and literature of ancient Israel before the time of Jesus, of the life and teachings of Jesus; and the history, thought and literature of early Christianity. Presentations will include extensive references to art as interpretations of biblical stories. COURSE GOALSBy the end of the course the student should be able to:Describe the historical and cultural contexts in which biblical literature developed Identify different literary styles found in biblical literature and the various uses of the texts within communities of faith. Identify major stories and movements within the biblical story. Recognize the general period of history into which a text fits and be able to describe key religious beliefs likely to be found in that period of history and text. Recognize key theological motifs or symbols and their significance for different biblical authors and audiences SUGGESTED TEXT:The course will not use an official textbook, other than the Bible, preferably the NRSV translation. Because the course will tend to be like an academic course, although any biblical translation maybe used, students may find one of the following NRSV annotated study Bibles helpful. These Bibles have both the text plus commentary notes written by biblical scholars that help in understanding the text. Less expensive paperback versions of these Bibles may be found on the Amazon website. The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated (2006) The New Interpreter's Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha (2003)The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version (2018)“BIBLICAL STUDIES“ AS AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINEIn a church, Bible study tends to be short excerpts read to encourage members to behave ethically or believe in a specific way. In devotional readings, the Bible is generally read with undisputed authority. This series is more of an academic study. The Bible is studied in the same way as any other literary or historical document from the ancient world. It uses techniques similar to those applied in history, anthropology, sociology, and literary studies. One of our tasks is to become familiar with the variety of perspectives and opinions that exist not only about the Bible, but within the Bible itself. It will use the traditional scholarly methods of studying the Bible called exegesis, specifically literary, historical, and redaction criticisms or scholarship. For many this will be a new way of studying the biblical text. Yet one does not have to be a biblical scholar to use these methods. One feature of the class sessions will be the inclusion of numerous art and photo illustrations to enhance our study. To enhance the experiences of the class, participants are encouraged to send an email to the instructor by the evening before the scheduled class session. (E-mail: BrentwoodBibleJourney@) Participants are invited to raise comments on something they found confusing or different in the biblical readings or background readings from their tradition. Participants are also encouraged to suggest a question they would like to hear discussed in class. The instructor will try to respond to questions and comments by return email as well as share responses in the class session. (The source of the questions and comments will not be identified to protect the identity of the participant.) Class members will also have opportunity to ask questions through the chat panel in Zoom. Calendar for Brentwood Biblical Journey With ArtDr. Don EmlerApril-October 2020DateTopicsBackground Reading 1.Apr. 22The Bible: An OverviewArchaeology and Geography of Israel Article: “Exegesis-Biblical Scholarship” Browse Introductory Articles of your study Bible: e.g., Harper Collins Study Bible. Pp. xiii-xxxv or Oxford Annotated Bible, General Essays, etc. Pp. 2235ff.2. Apr. 29The ancient WorldGenesis: Primeval HistoryGen. 1:1-3:24Gen. 4:1-9:29Gen 11:1-9 Article: “Myth as Sacred Story” Artifact: Ivory Cherub 3.May 6Genesis: Primeval History Abraham-Jacob-(Joseph)Gen. 12:1-9 Gen. 13:14-18Gen. 16:1 - 17:1-22Gen 19:1-38Gen. 21:1-20Gen 22:1-19Gen 24:1-67Gen. 25:19-34Gen 28:10-22Gen. 31:1-3, 22-35; 43-50Gen: 32:1-8, 22-32; 33:1-17 4.May 13Torah: Ancestor Narrative: The Exodus - Deuteronomy Article: God’s Grace in Crisis-Exodus 14-17 Gen. 37:1-36Exodus 1:8- 3:22Exodus 7:1-10Exodus 12:1-14Exodus 13:17-14:31Exodus 16:1-17:7Exodus 19:1-9a; 16-20Exodus 20:1-21Lev 16:1-5 Lev. 19:18Num. 6:24-26, 11:1-14, 31-35; 12:1-15; 18:1-8; 20:1-13; 22:1-38 Deuteronomy 6:1-19Deuteronomy 16:1-8, 16-17 5.May 20The Land of Canaan: Joshua - Judges I Joshua 1:1-2; 6-9Joshua 2:1-24; Joshua 3:1-17Joshua 6:1-27Joshua 24:1-15, 25-28Judges 3:12-30Judges 4:1-23Judges 11:1-11, 29-40Judges 13:1-16:31Judges 21:256.May 27The Rise of the United Monarchy Samuel - Saul I Samuel 1:1-28; 3:1-4:1I Samuel 9:15-10:1aI Samuel 13:1-15I Samuel 15:10-34I Samuel 16:1-19:17 I Samuel 25:1-43 I Samuel 28:3-25I Samuel 21:1-9I Samuel 31:1 - II Samuel 1:16 I Chronicles 10:1-11:97.June 3The United Monarchy: David & SolomonII Samuel 6: 1-23II Samuel 7:1-17II Samuel 11:1-12:25I Chronicles 22:1-16I Chronicles 29:22-30I Kings 1:28-37I Kings 3:l-28I Kings 10:1-138.June 10The Divided Kingdom The Assyrian CrisisThe Elijah-Elisha CycleI Kings 12:1-33I Kings 16:21-19:21I Kings 21:1-24II Kings 2:1-25II Kings 4:38-44II Kings 5:1-27II Kings 6:24-7:15II Kings 17:1- 18II Kings 18:13-19:7, 35-37II Kings 22:1-23:3II Kings 23:36-25:12II Chron. 36:9-239.June 17The Prophets (Nevi’im) 8th Century (Assyrian Period/ Fall of Israel) Amos, Hosea Amos 1:1-5; Amos 2:4-8Amos 4:1-6Amos 5:18 - 8:6Hosea 1:1-3:5; Hosea 6:4-6Hosea 11:1-9; Hosea 13:4-1410.June 24The Prophets (Nevi’im) 8th Century (Assyrian Period/ Fall of Israel) Isaiah of Jerusalem, Micah Isaiah 5:1-7Isaiah 6:1-9Isaiah 7:1-16 Isaiah 9:1-7Isaiah 10:20-27 Isaiah 11:1-9 Isaiah 14:3-21 Isaiah 20:1-6Micah 4:1-4Micah 5:2-5Micah 6:1-8 11.June 17th Century Prophets: Babylonian Period/Exile (597/587-538) Jeremiah, Ezekiel Jeremiah 1:1-2:3Jeremiah 7:1-20Jeremiah 18:1-11, 18Jeremiah 19:1-13Jeremiah 27:1-12, 28:1-17Jeremiah 29:1-14Jeremiah 31:31-34Jeremiah 32:1-15Ezekiel 1:1-3:3Ezekiel 4:1-15Ezekiel 18:1-20, 30-32Ezekiel 34:11-31Ezekiel 36:22-32Ezekiel 37:1-14Ezekiel 44:9-31 See Annotated Bible introductory notes on Jeremiah and Ezekiel 12. July 8 Post Exilic World Second and Third Isaiah, Malachi; Chronicles and Ezra-NehemiahIsaiah 40 -42:9; 43-49:6 Isaiah 50:4-11Isaiah 52:13-53:12Isaiah 35:1-10Isaiah 56:6-8Isaiah 61:1-3Isaiah 62:6-12Malachi 4:4-6II Chronicles 36:22-23Nehemiah 1:1-4. 2:1-20, Ezra 9:1-413.July 15Post Exilic World: The Writings: Festival ScrollsJonah, Ruth, Esther, Song of SongsHebrew Poetry: Psalms Jonah 1-4Ruth 1-4Esther 1:1-8:17, 9:20-28Song of Songs (Go ahead, you’re an adult now.)Psalm 1Psalms of Praise 8, 104, 103, 117Hymn of Trust 23Psalms of Thanksgiving100, 30, 118:1, 21-29Psalms of Lament 74, 22, 139Psalms of Blessing & Cursing: 137Royal Psalms 2 Enthronement Psalms 24,46, 96Doxology 15014.July 22Wisdom Literature: Proverbs, Job & EcclesiastesProverbs 1:1-7; Proverbs 3:1-20; Proverbs 8:1-36; Proverbs 15:1-2, 17-21; Proverbs 22:1-6; Proverbs 25:6-7, 21-22 Proverbs 30:15-31; Proverbs 31:10-31Job 1:1-22, 2:11-13, 3:1-11 4:1-713:1-19; 38:1-42:17Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:2; 2:12-16, 24-26; 3:1-13; 8:14; 9:12; 11:1-6; 12:1-1315July 29Apocalyptic Works (Daniel) and the MaccabeesDeuterocanonical Writings (Apocrypha) Daniel 1:1-21; Daniel 3::1-30; 4:1-37; Daniel 7:1-14;Daniel 12:1-14Catch the flavor of these books as story:SuzannaBell and the DragonJudith Tobit 4:12-16,Sirach 1:1-20; 4:11-19 5:5-12, 9:10 15:1-10, 34:9-13; 38:24-39:11; 44:1-15Wisdom of Solomon 5:15-20 [compare to Eph. 6:11-17]Wisdom of Solomon 8:7 16Aug. 5Between the Testaments - Hellenistic Culture First Century Judaism-Birth of Christianity17.Aug. 12 Intro to the Gospel of Mark Mark 1:1-10:52Read Introductory Notes in Annotated Bible on Mark18.Aug. 19 The Gospels: MarkMark 11:1-16:20Read Introductory notes 19.Aug. 26MatthewMatthew 1:18-2:23Matt. 3:13-4:11Matt. 4:23-7:28Matt 14:13-33Matt. 15:21-28Matt. 16:13-20Matt. 17:1-13Matt. 27:32-28:2020.Sept. 2 Luke Luke 1:1-3:38Luke 4:14-42Luke 7:1-17Luke 7:36-8:3Luke 8:40-56Luke 10:25-42Luke 11:1-13Luke 15:1-32Luke 23:1 - 24:53 21.Sept. 9John and the Johannine LettersJn. 1:1-18Jn. 2:1-12Jn. 3:1-21Jn. 4:4-42Jn. 6:1-40Jn. 10:1-18Jn. 11:1-53Jn. 12:20-25Jn. 13:1-38Jn. 15:12-17 Jn. 16:4-15Jn. 19:1-20:31Jn. 21:1-242921026543The 1st Letter of John020000The 1st Letter of JohnI John 2:18-28I John 3:11-4:21I John 5:6-1222.Sept. 16Summary of Synoptic GospelsAdditional Portraits of Jesus Artifact: The Prayer House of Megiddo Artifact: Health Care in the New Testament period and the Role of a Deaconess 23.Sept. 23The Book of ActsLuke 24:44-52Acts 1:1-2:47Acts 6:1-15; Acts 7:54-8:1Acts 9:1-31 Acts 10:1-48; Acts 11:19-26 Acts 12:1-19; Acts 13:1-3Acts 15:1-41 (compare to Galatians 2:1-10)Acts 16:6-40Acts 17:16-33Acts 21:15-23:10; 28:11-31Harris Box. 34.1 24.Sept. 30Paul’s LettersI Thessalonians 4:13-5:11Gal. 1:6-9Gal 3:23-29Gal. 5:16-26Romans 1:1-25; Romans 3:21-31Romans 5:1-11Romans 8:1-39Romans 12:1-13Philemon25.Oct. 7Paul’s Letters, esp. Corinthians I Cor. 1:1-17; I Cor. 2:1-5I Cor. 3:1-9I Cor. 11:2 -13:13I Cor. 14:26-36I Cor. 15:1-58I Cor. 16:1-4II Cor. 4:1-4:20 26.Oct. 14General Epistles James and Other Early Christian Letters Read the Introductions to each biblical book assigned in your Annotated BibleJames 1:l-26James 2:14-26James 3:1-12James 5:1-20I Peter 1:1-2:25 I John 1:1-2:11; 4:7-2127.Oct. 21 Apocalyptic Literature: RevelationEvolving Biblical Concepts of GodRevelation 1:1-6:17Revelation 21:1-22:7The Instructor reserves the right to change the tentative schedule as course demands arise.Meet the InstructorDonald G. EmlerDonald G. Emler is Professor Emeritus in the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University where he served as dean and taught for 24 years. Emler is a native of Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor’s degree in History and Government from the University of Missouri-Kansas City; a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL; a MS.Ed. in Adult Education from Indiana University; and an Ed.D. from Indiana University in Adult Education and Educational Change. An ordained elder in the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference and a certified Minister of Christian Education, Emler has served churches with memberships of 83 to 2,000 in Missouri and Indiana. Creating educational change has been a major interest for Emler. When he came OCU in 1989 as dean of the Wimberly School of Religion, he organized the Master of Religious Education and the majors in Christian Education and Youth Ministry. He created several programs about the Church in American for the various groups of Russian leaders who came to the campus in the early 1990s. He also created the Graduation Vesper service for the School of Religion. In 1998 he helped create the joint seminary program of Perkins School of Theology, Saint Paul School of Theology and Oklahoma City University, serving as the site director from 1998-2002. As the holder of V.V. Harris Endowed Chair in Christian Education in the Wimberly School of Religion, Emler taught many courses in Christian education along with biblical studies and church history. Emler has led two study tours to Israel, involving students, alumni and friends of the university. To improve his teaching skills, he became Microsoft certified in PowerPoint. Writing and scholarship have been an active part of his attempts to create educational change. Dr. Emler wrote the teachers guides for the Survey of the Bible and the World Religion courses used in the Oklahoma City Public Schools. To assist church school teachers using the Adult Bible Lessons, he presented a series of programs on the Gospel of Matthew on the OCU-TV cable network. He is the author of Revisioning the DRE, published by Religious Education Press and A Dialogue of Theology and Religious Education. Emler has also written numerous articles and curriculum resources for children, youth and adults and teacher training for the United Methodist Church and has created several illustrated (slide) lectures on art and religion and the Bible and archeology. He has presented workshops at the United Methodist National Children’s Ministry Forum, the National Christian Educator’s Fellowship Conference, Regional Schools of Mission in Oregon, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and many workshops for local churches in Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. A fan of the Harry Potter series he has presented programs on the Gospel according to Harry Potter and a paper at the Southwest Regional Commission on Religious Studies on “What Happened to Goliath’s Sword? Harry Potter and Biblical Studies,” in addition to a paper on the “Story of the American Sunday School from 1790-2000.” Most recently he has prepared programs on the history and culture of Missouri using stamps and philatelic materials to illustrate the story of the state. He also published articles in COROS Chronicle (Religion on Stamps) on Francis Asbury and The Prayer Hall at Megiddo. His interest in photography has resulted in over 45 photos being posted on the Upper Room’s Website (a ministry of the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church). Prior to going to OCU, Dr. Emler served for 13 years as professor of Christian education and the chair of the Religion Department at Centenary College of Louisiana. He has also taught Christian Education and served as the director of student religious life at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri. He even coached the Central Methodist Debate Team for a year. At the University of Missouri at Kansas City as an adjunct faculty member he taught Organizational Development in the School of Business and Instructional systems (Audio Visuals) in the School of Education. He and his wife, Suzanne, a retired teacher and free-lance writer, are the parents of two adult sons: Matthew and David. ................
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