Friday’s presentation by Nicollete was really great. She was so prepared and was ready to answer questions throughout class. I really enjoyed her discussion of the documentary hypothesis. She also brought up the point of Moses describing his own death. This is proving that there had to be more than one author. This really ties into our readings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It also connects to Juanita’s presentation in which she explained the possibilities of plagiarism in the Bible.

Today I learned a lot from both Mark and Kia. I enjoyed that Kia mentioned the possibility of the prophets being poets because of the style of the Prophetic books. I also liked how Mark began his presentation with his headline. It was creative and prepared the class for what we were about to read. I liked how Mark decided to expand on the aspects of Job in his chapter of Gabel. It is very relevant considering how much work we did with Job. When Mark mentioned that possibility of Elihu being added way after Job was written also connects to Nicollete and Juanita’s presentations. It is clear that the theory of having more than one author of the Bible is very relevant in our studies. I also related to what Mark thought when he said that Job appeals to us because it is most in line with our modern thinking. This was the basis of my paper on Job so I really related to this quote.

Overall, I think everyone who has gone so far has been engaging and well prepared!

-Olivia