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1. The movie begins with “Attention: The following movie is subtitled for the signing-impaired.” This is an example of Deaf humor but also what underlying message do you think they are making known by doing so?

Jonathan Sacks, the author of a book ‘The Home We Build Together,’ emphasizes that covenant is a core of the biblical politics, especially in such a way to make the Tabernacle, for us to make a society which respects each others in a diversity. Sacks said that the Tabernacle was made by all Israelites with their voluntariness, devotion, and equality as a common project through covenant regardless of any ethnicity, religion, and culture, which made them have the identity that they build it together and belong to it (Sacks, 138). Therefore, being left as a story to be commemorated to them and give them a gradual changes with personal and social creative constructions, covenant is not just a religious concept, but rather it is zeitgeist to lead

Overall the book was a good read and touched on some various topics that are discussed in our class.

One of the things that really stood out to me was near the end of the book, where Dr. Wilson spoke about struggles and distress. He mentioned that God will comfort us amidst our distress. What makes this so great is

I enjoyed the chapter, Mohammed Meets Madonna from the book The Middle of Everywhere and I thought the author’s journals of the students were interesting. I like that Mary Pipher wrote a little about all the students that were in the English Language Learner class. I thought this gave the audience a good idea of the variety of backgrounds and attitudes that the students had. For example, there are students who are in gangs, like Khoi and Cahn, and then there are students who are tenderhearted, like Velida and Tharaya. Some of the students in the ELL class wanted to learn and had dreams of going to college, while others just wanted to get out of school. I found this difference between these students interesting because I know that when I become a teacher, I will also have a wide variety of students. These journals made me realize some of the challenges I will have to overcome as a future teacher.

Besides Hill showing how corrupted the law system can be through a discriminated court system in Line 43-55 by referring to biblical studies, as she states “Legal actors...Babylon’s benefactors…Orally armed to do bodily harm…a defendant is depending on the system...framed by intentions”. Hill argued that the whole court system

King also uses allusion to augment his point in his speech. Throughout his speech he makes many references to the Bible. “…justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” (King). King alludes to the bible verse Amos 5:24. Through the allusion, King depicts that he wants justice to overtake the injustices of discrimination, and for justice to not only overcome discrimination, but for it to flow through America forever. King believed that humans live in a world where God does not judge people by their race and that people should not judge each other off of the color of their skin. “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and that the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” (King). This line in King’s speech alludes to the bible verses Isaiah 40:4-5. Although he does not quote the verses verbatim, this connects King’s message with the religious sides of people, as the majority of people practiced Christianity in America at this time. King dreams that one day

Covenant and law are both prevalent themes that are used throughout the Old Testament of the Bible. A covenant is a binding contract in which “a kinship bond between two parties” is created when each party carries out assigned expectations established in the making of the covenant (Hahn and Bergsma 1). A law is a binding rule or regulation that is used to regulate the conduct of a community or group of people and is usually enforced by some kind of authority. There are many similarities and differences between covenant and law, and in some cases covenant and law can be connected so that one supports the other. This is especially true when talking about the Mosaic Law and God’s covenant with Israel. In these two items God creates expectations through the covenant, rules and regulations through the Law, and allows for covenant-maintenance by using both together rather than a simple law code.

Book of covenant also known as the law would be referred to as the Torah. The purpose of the Law was proved that it was impossible for mankind to achieve the law and the need of Jesus Christ’s.

God made a covenant with the Israelites at Mt. Sinai and after being lead to the promise land, the Israelites started worshiping Canaanite God’s. God could have turned away from the Israelites but instead, he decides to renew the covenant. The consequence for Israel’s rebellion will be imminent defeat by other nations and exile but there I hope for future restoration. God will also bring a new Messianic King who will acknowledge all of God’s blessings. The next sections of the book describe the cause and effect of Israel’s unfaithfulness. Israel lakes all knowledge and understanding of God. God wants his people to understand him, have a relationship, and experience his love with him. Hosea is trying to reveal the hypocrisy of Israel’s worship. He keeps making a point to describe how the Israelites keep breaking the ten commandments, causing social injustice, and worshipping another God’s. Hosea also keeps calling the Israelites out for constantly trusting in political alliances with other nations, instead of trusting in God. They started trusting in their allies and relying only on military power. Soon, the Israelites will learn that this was not the right

These were two great readings that explain real well the points and ideas they are trying to emphasizes that I really liked learning

Throughout the history of the world, God has been working to bring humanity back to him. Due to the loss of constant communion in the fall, God set forth multiple promises to eventually establish his eternal Kingdom, the New Testament, is the culmination of these promises. The Gospels are the most specific in how Jesus Christ fulfilled the covenants God made with Abraham and David. More importantly he is the fulfillment of the new covenant, which washes away sin and brings humanity back into communion with God. What is modeled in the Gospels is reaffirmed in Acts, by the way the church is to function according to the culmination of the Covenants. Acts begins to reveal the great mystery that is the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s covenant. Paul’s Epistles take the culmination a step further and defend the idea that the fulfillment of God’s covenants does not just affect the people of Israel, but the Gentiles as well. The General epistles teach that the people are no longer bound by the mosaic covenant since the New Covenant was fulfilled via Jesus Christ. Yet practice of the law is still an important factor of the Christian life style even if superseded by the New Covenant. Revelation shows that covenants are leading up to the lord’s victory and salvation of his people. The sins of the Jews and Gentiles are washed away by Jesus the blood of the lamb so in reality the battle is already won because of the New Covenants fulfillment in Jesus. It is clear from

The contextual range of meaning of האמנה, or covenant, will explore the usage of covenant in the text of topic, Exodus 19:1-8, followed by its usage in the book of Exodus as a whole. Covenant is used only once in the focal passage but carries great significance. (Strong’s “covenant”:

The reading that resonated with me the most was the “Seven Ways to be More Curious” by Ian Leslie. The reading made me really reflect on how our society is so quick to jump into a conclusion about a question. We no longer search through many sources to determine an answer. What we read first from our phone or computer is what we believe. I liked the quote “ When you run into something interesting drop everything else and study it”. Todays age we are so focus on being a multitasker, on occasion that is a good idea, but not always. We are no longer diving into something we find fascinating. We still get distracted by other things or have thought in our mind that does not allow us to completely focus on the interesting topic. Our mind is always

Reflecting back on this quarter, examining my perception of the bible before and after reading it in this class, I can say I’ve learned so much about the function and even logic applied to many of the books. For instance, the double sided perspective of Genesis 1 and 2, the tales of perseverance in Exodus, the application of rules in the book of Numbers and Deuteronomy, and the other refreshing books like the Wisdom literature books. Collectively, along with the in class lectures and discussions have reshaped how I interpret and read the bible.