After the Apple: : Women in the Bible: Women In the Bible - Timeless Stories of Love, Lust, and Longing

These are not simple tales in which righteousness always wins out.

After the Apple: Women in the Bible: Timeless Stories of Love, Lust, and Longing

These are strong, sometimes devious, powerful women. Eve may be seen as humankind's first rebel. The aim is to separate the women's voices from the male centered narratives and view them in a variety of historic and contemporary aspects. We will use the reading for discussion and it will serve as a jumping off point for presentations on biblical women such as Sarah, Rebecca, Jezebel, Abigail, Micah, Delilah, Bathsheba, Tamar and the Queen of Sheba.

Getting into the minds of the Hebrew Bible's heroines - latimes

Presentations may also be done on other women of the Bible who do not appear in the reading. As the author writes, she is following a tradition of "constant reinterpretation of the Bible stories to derive from them new ethical and spiritual applications to meet the issues and concerns of succeeding generations. Daily we are exposed to a range of bogus sciences and extraordinary claims that currently enjoy large followings in America.

Thousands of people experience and believe in many unusual things which change their lives for better or worse. Critically evaluating outlandish claims and knowing when our beliefs are justified concerning ESP, astrology, fortune telling, miracles, mysticism, new age medicine, the Holographic Paradigm, the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon, fire walking, crop circles, extraterrestrials, dowsers, the Devil, channeling, ghosts, telepathy, some of the much publicized puzzles of quantum mechanics, etc.

How to Think About Weird Things: We will cover the book by doing each section as a presentation. None of the American Founding Fathers had a more dramatic life or death than Hamilton and none did more to lay the foundation of America's future wealth and power.

We will examine his life from his impoverished birth on the remote British West Indies island of Nevis to his untimely death at age 49 in a duel with the Vice President of the US. The magnitude of Hamilton's feats as Treasury Secretary overshadowed many other facets of his life: In all probability Alexander Hamilton is the foremost figure in American history who never attained the presidency, yet he probably had a much deeper and more lasting impact than many who did. In this course we will look at a number of turning points in history. Consider how little it would have taken for a different outcome.

Some possible discussion topics might be: If the Turks had conquered Europe would Shakespeare have written the same great plays?

What if Hitler had not attacked Russia when he did? He might have moved into the Middle East and secured the oil supplies the Third Reich so badly needed, helping it retain its power in Europe. What if D-Day had been a failure? The Soviet Union might have controlled all of Europe. What if the South won the Civil War? What if Sennacherib had pressed the siege of Jerusalem in B. Then the nascent, monotheistic Jewish religion might never have taken hold among the people of Judah--and the daughter religions of Christianity and Islam would never have been born.

What if Alexander the Great had died at the age of 21 instead of 32?

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Greece would have been swallowed up by Persia and Rome, and the modern Western world would have a much different sensibility--and probably little idea of democratic government. The many possible discussions each present an interesting and informative exercise in historical speculation, one that emphasizes the importance of accident and of roads not taken in the evolution of human societies.

How close to the truth was the film Chinatown? Times and the region generally? How has the Homeowners Association concept maintained control of the de facto segregation of southern California? How do recent Downtown Revitalization efforts perpetuate and consolidate the power of minority white interests? These and other questions about the shaping forces of the Los Angeles region offer a fascinating journey through the relatively short history of Los Angeles and its growth from only , people less than years ago to the first mega-million Post Modern city of the 21st century with the most diverse population of any region on earth.

From Poe on the mystery story has entertained, shocked and mystified us. This course will look at the five basic mystery categories: We will try to understand why mysteries have entertained us regardless of class, education or nationality. Yet at the same time have infuriated many people who fail to understand the attraction.

From Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? The door opens, a shot is fired.

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Or the room and windows are locked from the inside. And Leah's story depicts immense tenacity and endurance. These are not simple tales in which righteousness always wins out. The women in these stories are often devious as they go about achieving their aims. Tamar, for instance, disguises herself as a roadside prostitute to lure her father-in-law, Judah, into her tent after Judah has failed to provide her a husband after the sudden death of his son Er makes her a widow.

She plots to get pregnant by Judah as a way to guarantee her survival.

From this tale, Rosenblatt sees not a women degraded by her social position, but an affirmation that a single human being can make a profound difference to history. According to Rosenblatt, the Bible lauds Tamar's courage and actions "because they serve a goal larger than her own immediate welfare: Likewise, the story of Eve. Contrary to popular understanding, Eve, to Rosenblatt, is not a manipulative temptress who entraps a hapless Adam; nor is she a gullible victim who succumbs to temptation. Rather, Eve is a risk-taker driven by the need to create new life; she's humankind's first rebel.

By daring to question the limitations put on her and her helpmate, she blazes a trail the rest of us, to this day, follow. These tales, Rosenblatt suggests, present the complexities of the human condition, depicting frailties and imperfections hand-in-hand with heroics and courage.

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Each of the stories is permeated with a sense of spiritual urgency. There is a moment of crisis, after which the heroine is aware of being in the presence of God, conscious that whatever choice she makes will have a profound effect. There's provocative material throughout: Most of these women also defy male authority when it is unjust or does not answer their needs or those of their family.