Notes for Women in the Bible
–        God and Men exploit women in the bible
–        3 techniques to read the bible through a women perspective
      1. engage
      2. read with suspicion
      3. the bible can be used to see how women were treated in those days
– Only tell through male perspective not women’s
* Parables affect both Genders   
I thought Michelle s presentation was very good. Two things stood out the most to me; The bible as a tool to understand women’s treatment in Biblical times and the fact the parables affect both genders. The first is rather self explanatory but the second about the parables may show an attempt at gender equality, makes the religion less patriarchal as Judaism is? Any thoughts?
 
Notes for Name of Israel’s God
            -Yewh- no ambiguity
            -YHWH consents no vowels
                        *6800 times used
            -Adoni- my lord
            -Jehovah
Notes for Writing in Biblical Times
            -papyrus and clay
                        – 4000years
                        -hundreds and thousands recovered
            -Papyrus not so good
            – Moses wrote on stone
 
I thought Redgina’s presentation was well done! What I know about the name of God is unknowable and unsay-able. There are substitutes of substitutes and the name is mistranslated. No one knows how the name was traditionally said. The four letter name for god is an impossible tense of “to be” (is/was/will be) all at once. The name  is the essence of God, if you undertand the name, you find god. I think it is fascinating that Gods name is kept so secretive and much time was spent on keeping it that way. How can you name something/someone that is unknowable and spectacular at the same time?

Notes on Palestine in the Intertestamental Period by Mohammad
            3 periods Greek, Jewish, Roman
Greek
–        King Phillip the second of Macedonia
–        Alexander born 356 BCE
–        Alexander crushed father enemies
–        After Alex, period Ptolemaic and Selecucid split empire
–        Wars between Syria and Egypt
–        Antiochus III killed in 190 BCE
Jewish
–        Small villages in Northwest of Jerusalem called Mattathias
–        Mattathias w/5 sons became refugees in Judean Hills
–        166 died son Judas takes over/ Jerusalem empire
Roman
–        63 BCE
Controlled Italy, North Africa, western Europe