Friday, September 4, 2009
Blog Post No. 1: The Book of the Covenant and the Decalogue (Due 9/10)
Read Exodus 21-23 (The Book of the Covenant). Describe briefly how the "essence" of the Book of the Covenant similar to the Ten Commandments?
Blog Post No. 2: Readings in Coversation (Due 9/10)
What does the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas argue is of greatest significance? (Reference this week's reading by Richard A. Cohen.)
Blog Post No. 3: "Memorial" by Samuel Bak (Due 9/10)
How does painting "Memorial" by Samuel Bak inform your understanding of the Jewish experience of the Ten Commandments in light of the Holocaust. How does the painting impact you?
To see the paining, click on the link below.
"Memorial" by Samuel Bak
To see the paining, click on the link below.
"Memorial" by Samuel Bak
Blog Post No. 4: Kieslowski Film (Due 9/10)
Describe the complication raised in Kieslowski film on how one lives out the eighth commandment "Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness." Do you identify with this complication and if so, how?
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Groups for Assignments
Group 1 - No Other Gods Before Me
Older Azard, Angela Battle
September 17
Group 2 - No Idols
Doug Brown, Valerie Hunter
October 1
Group 3 - Lifting Up the Name of the Lord to Emptiness
Camille Smith, Margaret Robinson
October 15
Group 4 - Sabbath
Danielle Brown, Quentin Sutton
September 24
Group 5 - Mother and Father
James Wilkerson and Kim Won Hyo (Titus)
October 1
Group 6 - No Kill
Sidney Smith, Stephen Bryant
September 24
Group 7 - Adultery
Im JinPyeong, Mill Jeon
October 1
Group 8 -No Steal
Lisa Williamson, Deborah Jackson
October 1
Group 9 - Bear False Witness
Kenneth Jones, Carla Lissade
September 24
Group 10 - Coveting
Kendra Van Houten, Valerie Smith
September 10
Older Azard, Angela Battle
September 17
Group 2 - No Idols
Doug Brown, Valerie Hunter
October 1
Group 3 - Lifting Up the Name of the Lord to Emptiness
Camille Smith, Margaret Robinson
October 15
Group 4 - Sabbath
Danielle Brown, Quentin Sutton
September 24
Group 5 - Mother and Father
James Wilkerson and Kim Won Hyo (Titus)
October 1
Group 6 - No Kill
Sidney Smith, Stephen Bryant
September 24
Group 7 - Adultery
Im JinPyeong, Mill Jeon
October 1
Group 8 -No Steal
Lisa Williamson, Deborah Jackson
October 1
Group 9 - Bear False Witness
Kenneth Jones, Carla Lissade
September 24
Group 10 - Coveting
Kendra Van Houten, Valerie Smith
September 10
Welcome to the Ethics of the Decalogue
The lesson of truth is not held in one consciousness. It explodes toward the other. To study well, to read well, to listen well, is already to speak: whether by asking questions and, in so doing, touching the master you teacher you, or by teaching a third party.
--Emmanuel Levinas "Beyond the Verse: Talmudic Readings and Lectures" (1994)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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