For each course there are goals and objectives that should be reached. I believe that all of the above listed goals were met. This class was very informative and was a good introduction into the field of biblical studies. The book “Bible for Dummies” was an effective tool in order to examine the [...]

Wow! Now I have the opportunity to evaluate my performance. Well, I believe that I have worked hard this semester and have fulfilled the requirements of this course. It was not always easy, but I hung in there and I believe I have done a great job. According to the criteria you have listed [...]

After Jesus’ Resurrection the church was going through three major problems. The observance of dietary and circumcision laws became very controversial, and corruption also began to infiltrate the church. In acts Jesus left behind the command to his disciples to be witnesses “in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of [...]

My project is coming along just fine. I have been bonding with the students and enjoy being in their presence. During the day the children are involved in several activities and sometimes are assigned schoolwork. The children are interacting well with each other and seem to enjoy being at the school. In addition [...]

Tobit is a great story with a profound lesson that relates to my project. Out of something bad, healing can come. Both Tobit and Sarah want to die, want to give up, but just before they do they meet each other and all is well. Many, including myself, were ready to give up on New [...]

Alcohol played a major role in the Bible. In biblical days beer was safer than water. The alcohol in the beer killed bacteria and contained antibiotics such as penicillin that helped to fight disease. There were even beer goddesses such as Ninkasi. Women were placed in charge of making beer and of running local taverns, [...]

These are the people I wrote comments regarding the implementation of their projects:
Dorothea Dixon
Sonya Gray
Tiffany Norris
Shamika Sampler
Nhi Tran
Ngoc Le
Samantha Witherspoon
Sandra Brown
Tiffany Black
Aarielle Gentry
Dorothea Dixon
You are doing a great job in trying to encourage children to read. If they get in the habit of reading from a young age and find it to be fun, they [...]

This semester my goal is to focus on the education of the youth especially after Hurricane Katrina. As previously stated, the New Orleans Public School System has not provided the best education to its student. With the high number of “failing schools” in the region and the inability for many to excel on standardized tests [...]

The book of Judges has a recurring theme that resides in its pages. The children of Israel need a leader some one to protect them from their enemies. The Israelites go through a series of judges who once in a leadership position kill all their enemies. These stories were seen as humorous and were there [...]

The Israelites on their journey to the Promised Land were confronted with many obstacles. They encountered other nations that sought to destroy them and maintain their territory. In order for the Israelites to successfully defeat other nations they desired to be a unified force under one leader and military commander. The Israelites were always in [...]

The tabernacle is the place where Yahweh resides. For hundreds of years the tabernacle was a tent until Solomon builds a temple. The tabernacle consists of two areas. In the front of the tabernacle is an alter where sacrifices were offered to Yahweh. In the back of the tabernacle lies the Ark of the [...]

I appreciate each comment I have received, and will try to improve my project by taking the advice that has been presented before me. We all agree that proper education is the key to success, and by taking the extra time out to make sure children understand what they are being taught is important. I [...]

Auerbach’s “Odysseus’s Scar” is an example of literary criticism. It tells the story of Odysseus as a young child being wounded by a boar and the scar revealing to the housekeeper the true identity of this disguised man, Odyssesus. It gives a contrast and cmparsion of Odysseus story of how he received his scar and [...]

This week I sent comments to several people in this section about their projects for this semester.
Brittany Scott, Ebony Cook, Tristan Davis, Renita Clark, Jocelyn Bunton, Denika Treadwell, Luther St. James, Shemika Sampler, Juliana Walker, and Ashley Bickham all have developed great projects that if fulfilled will have a great impact on the world, or [...]

A major problem that currently exists in the city of New Orleans is the lack of proper education. Many children, due to Hurricane Katrina, were unable to attend school until returning back to their homes after being displaced for months. Therefore, students fell behind in their studies and were no longer on the level of [...]

Last week I listed many problems that currently exist in our world. However, the problem that I will focus on for the rest of this semester is education. Due to Hurricane Katrina thousands of children were displaced. During their displacement some were not enrolled in schools and therefore fell behind in their studies. As schools [...]

Everyone needs a way to convey their feelings, thoughts, and ideas. In earlier time periods there was no such thing as the alphabet, sentences, or paragraphs. The earliest form of writing was displayed through pictures. Creating pictographs involved the use of clay tablets that contained a symbol. This type of writing was used in developing [...]

Our world is faced with a wide range of problems from crime, homelessness, poor education system, poverty, battered health system, and illegal immigration. There have been steps and programs that have tried to eliminate these problems; however they all still exist.
Our president recently announced his plan to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States. [...]

The Babe Ruth movie clips depict how one event can be interpreted in different ways in relation to the time period in which it is produced. In the first clip Babes Ruth points to center field and hits a home run in the World Series game for a sick boy named Johnny. In the second [...]

The year 586 B.C.E. is a key event in the Bible. It marks the destruction of the sacred city of Jerusalem by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar. This event brought a drastic change in the life of Jews who were subject to starvation and ultimately death as Babylonians surrounded their city. This event led to the [...]