See first three minutes of this video: THE THREE WORLDS
1)Three Worlds
For both Bible classes, become familiar/reacquainted with the "Three Worlds" conceptwhich is the basic lens for reading the text of the Bible and context. Here below is how one student summarized the worlds (she has more detail here) Literary World--The literary world of the Bible is simply the text itself, apart from anything outside the text. We mean the world (or, better, worlds) created by the text;the words on the page, by the stories, songs, letters and the myriad other types of literature that make up the Bible. All good literature (and the Bible is, among other things, good literature) creates in readers' minds magnificent, mysterious, and often moving worlds that take on a reality of their own, whether or not they represent anything real outside the pages (Hauer and Young ch 2).
Historical World--The historical world of the Bible isthe world "behind the text" or "outside the text". It is the context in which the Bible came to be written, translated, and interpreted over time, until the present. In studying the historical world of the Bible, we look for evidence outside the text that helps us answer questions such as, who wrote this text, when was it written, to whom was it written, and why was it written. We also probe the text itself for evidence that links it to historical times, places, situations, and persons (Hauer and Young 2)..
Contemporary World--The contemporary world is the "world in front of the text"or the "world of the reader." In one sense, there are as many contemporary worlds of the Bible as there are readers, for each of us brings our own particular concerns and questions to the text. They inevitably shape our reading experience. We are all interested in answering the questions of whether the Bible in general, or particular texts, have any relevance to our personal lives (Hauer and Young ch3). -Brolin
not just "then and there," but 'here and now" (Matt. 4:17, 6:10)
See first 1:42 in video.. We'l pick it up from there next week"
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Moodle forum 1: Apples and Oranges:
Teacher's pick Watch this short video below (you can stop at 8:07 mark),and then read this brief follow-up article. Respond to questions. Reply to at least two students about c and d .
a)Video: paragraph summary and response. Be sure to Include definitions of "Apples and Oranges", and of "Verse-itis" b) Video:What chiasm did you catch? c) Article: Are you more RRWI or EPIC, and why? d) Post a paragraph where you analyze a group or institution (Church, staff, cohort, business etc.) according to orange/apple and RRWI/ EPIC. Where does it fit? What changes might it make in these EPIC /Apple times? If you were the leader (or consultant) of this group, what lessons from the article might you apply?
Girls field trip:
TEXTS AND CONTEXTS:
GODISNOWHERE: is it GOD IS NOWHERE or
GOD IS NOW HERE?
How you read the text changes as much as everything.
Spaces matter.
Like this:
Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in all possible positions in the sentence:
"I hit him in the eye yesterday."
The word is "ONLY".
The Message:
1.ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.)
2.I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.)
3.I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.)
4.I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye.)
5.I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday. (Not other organs.)
6.I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye..)
7.I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. (Not today.)
8.I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY. (Did not wait for today.)
I SAY TO YOU TODAY, "YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.'
or is it,
I SAY TO YOU, " TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE."
The original manuscripts of the Bible not only run all letters, all caps, together, but include no punctuation.
Punctuation matters.
Everything is context.
contextis everything.
By the way, that last statement was a chiasm -----------
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TEXT reading practice.. Song interp:
"Sleep Like A Baby Tonight" Morning, your toast, your tea and sugar Read about the politician’s lover Go through the day like knife through butter Why don’t you You dress in the colors of forgiveness Your eyes as red as Christmas Purple robes are folded on the kitchen chair You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight In your dreams, everything is alright Tomorrow dawns like someone else’s suicide You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight Dreams It’s a dirty business, dreaming Where there is silence and not screaming Where there’s no daylight, there’s no healing You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight In your dreams, everything is alright Tomorrow dawns like a suicide But you’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight Hope is where the door is When the church is where the war is Where no one can feel no one else’s pain You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight In your dreams, everything is alright Tomorrow dawns like a suicide But you’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight Sleep like a baby tonight Like a bird, your dreams take a flight Like St. Francis covered in light You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight
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Version 2
"Sleep Like A Baby Tonight" (Alternate Perspective Mix)
Wake In the morning when you wake up You won’t have much But you’ll have enough When you are weakest I’ll be strong enough for you
Dreams Yeah, the ones where you are fearless Can’t break what’s broken You are tearless Steal back your innocence That’s what they stole from you
You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight Not everything can be so black and white There are demons in the broad daylight But you can sleep like a baby tonight
Stop Where you stand right now Just stop Don’t think or look down at the drop The people staring from the street Don’t know what you’ve got
You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight No, not everything can be so black and white There are demons in the broad daylight But you can sleep like a baby tonight
Hope is where the door is When home is where the war is Where nobody can feel no one else’s pain
You’re gonna sleep like a baby tonight Not everything can be so black and so white There are demons in the broad daylight You’ve got to sleep like a baby tonight Sleep like a baby tonight Where you stand Where you fall is where I kneel To take your heart back to where you can feel Like a child, a child
KINGDOM
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--This week';s "COMMUNITY" topic is Greatness
Jesus came to serve. The last shall be first. That's who is great in the Kingdom economy: Jesus said in it yet another chiasm:
But those who exalt themselves will be humbled,
and those who humble themselves will be exalted
(Matt 23:12)
ONE GREAT PERSON SURVEYS
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we apply some "Three Worlds" theory to Matthew 18 and the topic of "Who is great?"
As we study, apply as many literary world symbols as you can
Review: Why did we say Carlos was temporarily greater than the rest of us?
Page 19 of Syllabus,Matthew 18 Outline
(by Greg Camp/Laura Roberts):
1 Question #1:Who is Greatest?
2-17Responses (each are counter proposals):
2-10 Response #1: Children
2-4 Counter Proposal: Accept children
5-9 Threat: If cause scandal
10 Show of force: Angels protect
12-14Response #2: Sheep
(Who is temporarily greater?)
12-14 Counter Proposal: Search for the 1 of 100 who is lost
15-17 Response #3: Brother who sins (counter proposal)
15a Hypothetical situation: If sin
15-17 Answer: Attempt to get brother to be reconciled
17b If fail: Put him out and start over
18-20 Statement: What you bind or loose
21-22Question #2: How far do we go in forgiveness?
23-35 Response #1: Parable of the forgiving king/unforgiving servant
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"tax collectors and sinners?"
Two answers
1)Don't allow them in your bounded set.
2)How did Jesus treat tax collectors and sinners? In a centered set way. Tony Jones writes:
but because anyone, including Trucker Frank, can speak freely in this church, my seminary-trained eyes were opened to find a truth in the Bible that had previously eluded me.”...That truth emerged in a discussion of Matthew 18's "treat the unrepentant brother like a tax collector or sinner.":
"And how did Jesus treat tax collectors and pagans?" Frank asked aloud, pausing, "as of for a punchline he'd been waiting all his life to deliver,"....., "He welcomed them!""
