Blog Post No. 1: 2 Samuel 11 (Due Oct. 1)

Reflect on the story of David and his relationship with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11) in light of the Ten Commandments.  How many commandments did David violate?  Are the commandments ever broken just "one at a time?"

Blog Post No. 2: Readings in Conversation (Due Oct. 1)

Take a any selected reading for this week and place it in conversation with the command, "Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery."

Blog Post No. 3: Bak Painting (Due Oct. 1)

Put the Bak painting "Close Up" in conversation with the Kieslowski film for last week and the commandment, "Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery."

Bak explains, "As a child, I had a feeling that if Adam gave up Paradise in order to taste the fruit that would give knowledge and a capacity to distinguish between good and evil, it must have been a pear. I felt that an apple, which in my childhood memories was usually something very sour, had nothing in common with the sensual, wonderful taste of a pear."

The pear thus stands as an alternative symbol of the Fall of Man and all of its ramifications: the expulsion from Paradise into the world of time, the origin of free will, and the capacity to distinguish and choose between good and evil. 

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Blog Post No. 4: Kieslowski Film (Due Oct. 1)

Put the Kieslowski film for last week in coversation with the commandment "Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery" as well as Proverbs 4:1-27.