The English Bible
Winter Term 1999, University of Michigan
What the lectures covered:
List of
Rubrics as given by Prof. Williams. List of VERSES mentioned, by date.
Wednesday, 1/6
- Introductory remarks
- Rubric 1: Not what one must believe but what may one think.
Friday, 1/8
- More introductory remarks
- Rubric 1 continued
- Rubric 2: I don't interpret, I just read!
Monday, 1/11
- Rubric 2 continued
- Rubric 3: Whose Bible is this anyway?
Wednesday, 1/13
- Rubric 4: In the beginning .... (or, When God began creating ....)
Friday, 1/15
Monday, 1/18
- No Class: Martin Luther King Jr. day
Wednesday, 1/20
- Rubric 4 continued
- Rubric 5: Of Adam and Eve, of Ish and Ishah.
Friday, 1/22
Monday, 1/25
- Rubric 6: The subtle serpent.
Wednesday, 1/27
- Silent Spots
- Rubric 7: Of alienation, violence and difference.
Friday, 1/29
- Rubric 7 continued
- Rubric 8: The Wanderer and the City Builder
- Rubric 10: Chaos is come again.
Monday, 2/1
- Rubric 10 continued
- Rubric 11: The colors of the sky, remember.
Wednesday, 2/3
- Rubric 12: Resonant Stories.
- Rubric 13: The Hands at the Door.
- Rubric 14: The Families and the Languages.
- Rubric 15: The Accursed Tower: Going it Alone
Friday, 2/5
- Rubric 15 continued
- Rubric 16:And God Said Go And the Old Man Went.
- Rubric 17: The Waiting Is Long.
- Rubric 18: A Line and a Land: Cutting Covenant.
Monday, 2/8
- Rubric 18 continued
- Rubric 19: Of Human Ingenuity and History.
- Rubric 20: The Laughter and the Child.
Wednesday, 2/10
- Rubric 21: Shall Not The Judge of All The Earth Do Right?
- Rubric 22: Take now your son, your only son, laughter, the one that you love.
Friday, 2/12
- Rubric 23: The Cave of Memory.
- Rubric 24: The Represented Lives of Women.
- Rubric 25: To Preserve Life: The Possibilities and Perils of Assimilation.
Monday, 2/15
- Rubric 25 continued
- Rubric 26: And they embalmed him and he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
- Rubric 27: The Slave Revolt: Moses the Striker.
Wednesday, 2/17
- Rubric 27 continued
- Rubric 28: Because of Their Broken Spirit and Cruel Bondage.
- Rubric 29: Hardening the Hearts: For the Sake of the Story.
Friday 2/19
- Rubric 27 continued
- Rubric 28 continued
- Rubric 30: The Meeting at Sinai
Monday 2/22: Midterm
Wednesday, 2/24
Rubric 31: The Prophet and the Priest
Rubric 32: The Alter of Earth and the Tabernacle of Glory and Beauty
Friday, 2/26
March 1-5: Spring Break
Monday, 3/8
- Rubric 33: It is not in your going with us; the cloud which goes before
Rubric 34: The Fat and the Incense: All Fat is Adoshem's
Rubric 35: Love the Stranger as Yourself
Wednesday, 3/10
- Rubric 36: The Three-Fold If and the Song in the Heart
Friday, March 12
- Rubric 36: A Song in the Heart
Rubric 37: Dissension, Defeat and Death
Rubric 38: Into the land
Monday, March 15
Rubric 39: Complete/Incomplete
Wednesday, March 17
- Rubric 40: And there was no king
Friday, March 19
- Rubric 41: From Dan to Bersheva: Judging the People
Rubric 42: Taller
Sunday, March 21
JOB LECTURE
Why did I not die?
There crushed in the gate
Would you bargain over a friend?
Until I swallow my spit
If you were in my place
Violence, violence
My integrity, here is my signature
The angry young man
The voice from the whirlwind
Monday March 22
- Rubric 43: All Israel and Judah loved David
Rubric 44: I will make you a house
Rubric 45: Lust on a rooftop
Wednesday, March 24
Rubric 46: In the sight of this sun; rooftop once more
Rubric 47: Shimei's curse
Rubric 48: A father to his son; the king knew her not
Rubric 49: The consecration of the house
Thursday, March 25
Johannine Lecture A
Friday, March 26
Rubric 50: Division of the kingdom; to your tents, oh Israel
Monday, March 29
Rubric 51: Behold your gods, oh Israel
Rubric 52: The one formerly called a seer (ro'eh) now called a prophet (nabi) Rubric 53: Call him louder; the contest on Carmel
Wednesday, March 31
- Rubric 54: The once and future prophet
Rubric 53 continued
Rubric 55: Why do you grind the face of my poor; the prophets and social justice
Thursday, April 1
Johannine Lecture B
Friday, April 2
- Rubric 56: The Alter and the garments; the dust and houses of hewn stone
Rubric 57: Mahershalalhashbaz and Shearyashub
Monday, April 5
class cancelled
Wednesday, April 7
- Rubric 58: The sign of Emanuel
Rubric 59: Men kiss calves: the diatribe against idols
Thursday, April 9
Johannine Lecture C
Friday, April 9
- Rubric 60: We're Going Home. Why double for all our sins; the suffering servant
Monday, April 12
Rubric 61: Why do you wish the day of Adoshem?
Tuesday, April 13, 4 pm
Make-up lecture (repeated 4/14, 7 pm, Angell Aud D)
Gospel chronology
Wednesday, April 14
- Rubric 62: And in those days came John the Baptist
Wednesday, April 14
Johannine Lecture D
Friday, April 16
- Rubric 63: The Messianic secret in Mark; shhh, don't tell, tell
Rubric 64: Who killed Jesus of Nazareth?
Monday, April 19
Rubric 65: Where is Jesus of Nazareth?
Rubric 66: To the Jews first and also to the Greeks.
Rubric 67: Apocalypse when: Hatikvah, the hope; even so, come.
Wednesday, April 21
Stitching meaning across history, a visually oriented lecture
Sunday, April 25, 3 pm
Review session, lecture hall, Prof. Williams
Monday, April 26, 4-6 pm
Final
Compiled by Vika Gardner.