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Understanding Bible by Design

Create Courses with Purpose
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Today's seminary and religious-education instructors are expected to design and redesign their courses more nimbly than in the past. We have to adapt our courses to novel learning environments, for more diverse learners, toward more diverse vocations. At the same time, institutional rewards for time invested in course design are fewer than ever. Understanding Bible by Design introduces the reader to UbD: an approach to course design that is proven time-efficient and grounded in the instructor's most closely-held convictions about her subject matter's "big ideas and essential questions." This book's contributors (one in Old Testament, one in New Testament, and one in Jewish Studies) demonstrate the value of UbD for the Biblical Studies instructor, whether at seminary or university, face-to-face or online, from the intimate seminar to the massive MOOC. Lester's synopsis of course design and suggested action is followed by a collaborative dialogue with Jane S. Webster and Christopher M. Jones. Webster and Jones provide practical commentary regarding the successful implementation of Lester's proposed approaches.
G. Brooke Lester is assistant professor of Hebrew Scriptures and director for emerging pedagogies, at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
Contents:; Introduction: Through the Eyes of the Seer; 1. The Beginning of the Word; 2. Keepers of the Flame: The Early Israelite Prophetic Experience; 3. Courting the Prophets: Prophets and the Early Monarchy; 4. Prophets of Holy Writ: From Amos to the Exile; 5. Exilic Dreams of Grandeur; 6. Vital Visions or the Dying of the Light?; 7. Apocalypse-Then; 8. Jesus the Seer; 9. Prophets, Seers, and Dreamers at the Dawn of the Christian Era; 10. Profile of a Prophet and His Movement: Jesus and His Followers in the Greco-Roman World; 11. From the Seer to the Shepherd: Apocalyptic at the End of the New Testament Era; 12. From Mari to Montanus; 13. The Progress of Prophecy: Conclusions; Bibliography; Indexes.
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