OLD TESTAMENT ANALYSIS PAPER ASSIGNMENTS
COURSE: Religion 304O SEMESTER: Spring 2000
Assignments are posted daily around 5:00 pm until the final assigments are made at the end of the second week of classes in the regular terms; check after 5:00 pm to see whether your paper topic request submitted within the past 24 hours has been posted. Your name will show up in blue letters after a highlighted red reference. The postings below are the final assignments as of  1/5/00.


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Passage, Heading, Student:

1. Gen. 11:1-9, The Tower of Babel,
2. Exod. 15:1-21, Two Songs of Praise,
3. Exod. 19:1-25, The Theophany at Sinai,
4. Num. 11:1-35, Israel's Complaining in the Wilderness,
5. Deut. 16:1-17, A Festal Calendar,
6. Deut. 34:1-12, The Death of Moses,
7. Joshua 24:1-28, The Covenant at Shechem,
8. Ruth 3:1-18, Naomi's Instructions,
9. 1 Samuel 1:1-28, The Birth and Consecration of Samuel,
10. 2 Samuel 3: 1-39, Continuation of the War with Israel,
11. 2 Samuel 7:1-29, David Wishes to Build a Temple,
12. 1 Kings 18:1-46, The Contest on Mount Carmel,
13. Psalm 1, The Contrasting Fate of the Righteous and the Wicked,
14. Psalm 19, Hymn to God as Creator of Nature and Giver of the Law,
15. Psalm 22, Prayer fo Deliverance from Mortal Illness,
16. Psalm 24, A Liturgy on Entering the Sanctuary
17. Psalm 46, A Song of Zion Celebrating God's Ultimate Victory over the Nations,
18. Psalm 51, Prayer for Healing and Moral Renewal, Donna Chambers
19. Psalm 84, Song Praising Zion as the Longed-for Goal of the Pilgrim
20. Psalm 100, Hymn Calling on All Nations to Praise the Lord,
21. Psalm 103, Thanksgiving for Recovery from Sickness,
22. Psalm 136, Thanksgiving for the Lord's Great Deeds on behalf of His People,
23. Psalm 137, Prayer for Vengeance on Israel's Enemies
24. Psalm 139, Prayer for Deliverance from Personal Enemies,
25. Isaiah 1:10-20, God's Pronouncement Concerning Judah's Religious Superficiality
26. Isaiah 2:1-5, The New Age,
27. Isaiah 5:1-7, Song of the Vineyard
28. Isaiah 6:1-13, The Call of Isaiah
29. Isaiah 7:1-9, Sign of Shear-jashub
30. Isaiah 7:10-17, Sign of Immanuel
31. Isaiah 9:1-7, The Messanic King
32. Isaiah 11:1-9, The Messanic King
33. Isaiah 19:16-25, Conversion of Egypt and Assyria
34. Isaiah 28:1-22, Oracles against Religious and Civil Leaders
35. Isaiah 30:8-17, Judah's Connivance with Egypt
36. Isaiah 35:1-10, Zion Restored
37. Isaiah 40:1-11, The Prophet Is Called to Announce God's Coming
38. Isaiah 40:12-31, Creator of the Universe,
39. Isaiah 42:1-4, Victory from the East
40. Isaiah 43:1-7, Israel's Redemption,
41. Isaiah 43:8-13, The Servant Israel is the Lord's Witness
42. Isaiah 44:9-20, Satire against Idolatry
43. Isaiah 44:24-45:13, The Commission of Cyrus
44. Isaiah 49:1-6, The Second Servant Song,
45. Isaiah 50:4-11, The Third Servant Song
46. Isaiah 52:1-12, God's Kingship,
47. Isaiah 55:1-13, A Hymn of Joy and Triumph,
48. Isaiah 61:1-11, The Mission to Zion
49. Isaiah 65: 1-25, God's Answer
50. Haggai 1:1-15a, God's Punishment for Neglecting the Temple
51. Haggai 1:15b-2:9, The Splendor of the New Temple
52. Jeremiah 1:4-19, Jeremiah's Call and Related Visions
53. Jeremiah 2:1-37, The Apostasy of Israel
54. Jeremiah 7:1-15, The Temple Sermon,
55. Jeremiah 10:1-16, God and the Idols,
56. Jeremiah 11:1-17, Jeremiah and the Covenant,
57. Jeremiah 11:18-12:6, Jeremiah's First Personal Lament
58. Jeremiah 36:1-32, Jehoiakim and the Scrolls,
59. Ezekiel 1:1-3:27, The Call of Ezekiel
60. Ezekiel 16:1-63, The Allegory of the Unfaithful Wife,
61. Ezekiel 18:1-32, Individual Responsibility,
62. Ezekiel 22:1-16, Oracle of Indictment
63. Ezekiel 36:1-38, Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel
64. Ezekiel 37:1-14, Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones,
65. Daniel 3:1-30, The Three Youths in the Fiery Furnance,
66. Daniel 6:1-28, Daniel in the Lion's Den,
67. Hosea 5:15-6:3, What the Lord Really Desires,
68. Hosea 11:1-9, God's Chastizing Love,
69. Amos 1:2-2:16, Indictment of Neighboring Peoples, Israel, and Judah
70. Amos 3:1-15, The Privileges of Election,
71. Amos 4:1-13, Israel's Luxurious Excesses and Vain Piety
72. Amos 7:10-17, Amos and Amaziah,
73. Micah 4: 1-5, The Exaltation of Jerusalem
74. Micah 6: 1-8, The Lord's Controversy with the People
75. Habakkuk 1:1-11, The First Dialogue between the Prophet and God
76. Habakkuk 1:12-2:5, The Second Dialogue between the Prophet and God
77. Habbakkuk 2:6-20, The Five Woes,
78. Zephaniah 1:2-18, God's Threat to Punish
79. Malachi 3:6-12, The Promised Blessing,
80. Malachi 3:13-4:3, When the Day of Judgment Comes,
81. 1 Maccabees 2:1-48, The Maccabean Revolt,