Class Summary for 09/24/09

• Read Odysseus' Scar here.
• The question was raised, why does God do things the way he does, if He is all-knowing and all-seeing?
• God loves mythos!
• Stories need conflict.
• Dr. Sexson says that we are all required to have a terrible day, and a perfect day.
• What is the lesson we learn from Joseph's brothers?
• Is there a "lesson"?
• Why does God always hurt the good people? 
• Because it makes a good story!
• Northrop Frye, and many other good teachers forever ask questions. They never give answers.
• pg. VX, "To answer is to consolidate the mental level"
• TNK
• Torah
• Nevi'im
• Ketuvim
• We break from myth and enter history in Genesis 12.
• Hubris - the greek "soulmate"; the Tower of Babel.
• Women in the bible: Woman and the snake are always found together.
• What's the deal with circumcision? 
• Covenant?
• The Alphabet of Ben-Sira
• Assignment for next class: write in the lacuna for Abraham and Issac.