I really enjoyed reading through
the Biblical units, especially The Book of Adam and Eve. Before this class, I
was pretty familiar with this story because of my background in church, but the
addition of the Jewish legends and Christian apocrypha made the stories more
imaginative.
By reading the overview section and
seeing the words in parentheses next to the stories, I was able to understand
the origin of each book. I had one suggestion though. I knew what the word
“Apocrypha” meant, but if I wasn’t raised in church, I might not know the
difference between it and the actual Bible. Other than that area, I was
sufficiently informed on my choices of reading and got a good idea of what the
list of stories would be about from the appropriate wording of the titles.
I read the Bible Women unit last
week so there was some overlap with TheCreation and The Fall stories,
but the rest were given enough of a twist to where I couldn’t predict the
ending. One of my favorite stories to read was The Beasts of the Creation because the theme was grace and mercy, two
of the most powerful forms of goodwill. I also had a fun time getting to
recreate this story for the storytelling post assignment. Animals are always a
joy to read about, especially when they entail the first creatures on the
Earth.
For my final project, I was
thinking about exploring creation stories for my topic, so this unit fit
seamlessly into my overall goals for this class.
I was not expecting to be able to
read the Bible for this class because I never put the stories under the
classification of mythology or folklore, but from an unreligious standpoint, I
can see this point of view. Due to this, the class has so far exceeded my
expectations and surprised me. So far, I haven’t seen too many connections with
other reading units except the mention of supernatural beings or angels.
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