Module Three introduces the Jewish backgrounds of Paul’s thinking: Shalom, Righteousness, Law, and Repentance & Forgiveness. The Module also shows how these terms connect to form a socio-theological core that provided Paul’s theological foundation.
The Outline for Units is below the section on Resources
Resources for Module 3
To aid you in your learning — and this IS all about YOUR learning — here are some of the resources utilized in the units of this module:
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- A compilation of ALL the Unit Learning Tasks in the Units of this Module
- A compilation of ALL of the Checklists for Unit Learning Tasks in this Module
- Readings provided in PDF format:
- Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- Wiles, Making Sense of Paul., pp. 11-21 [The linked file includes all of the Wiles reading for this current module. For this unit you need only to read pages 11-21.]
- Psalm 85
- Psalm 119 (RSV)
- Materials on Mitzvot
- Materials on Tikkun Olam
- “Tikkun Olam | Jewish Learning“
- “What Is Tikkun Olam?“
- “Tikkun Olam” (Wikipedia)
- Exodus 34
- Psalm 86
- Joel 2
- An Exercise in “Double-Wording – “The Surprising Work of Scripture: A reading of Jane Hirschfield’s ‘Poetry & the Constellation of Surprise’ (in The Writer’s Chronicle, Vol. 40, No. 2, 28ff.)
- Recommended Reading — for when you have the time:
- Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now (Oakland, CA: Barrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2011). This is a great read! You will feel like more is possible in this world than you knew! These folks are living Righteousness, with strong “social imaginaries.”
- Other Resources:
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- Video, “Reading Backwards, Reading Double, Reading Paul” (15:19)
- Video, “Eschatology in the Hebrew Scriptures” (5:30)
- Video, “Shalom” (24:10)
- Video: “Righteousness” — (35:52) which includes:
- Video: “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr. (2 min)
- Video: Copenhagen Subway (2 min)
- Video: A Chalkboard Chat: A Diagram of Pauline Theology, Stage 1 (1 min)
- Video: “Law as Gracious Gift” (6:36)
- Video: “Ancestral Stories and Covenants” (19:04)
- YouTube (song): Mindy Simmons, “Tikkun Olam, Repair the World”
- Video: “Shalom, Righteousness, & the Law” (7:50)
- Video: A Chalkboard Chat: A Diagram of Pauline Theology, Stage 2 (2 min)
- Video: “A Process of Justification in Jewish Tradition” — A Chalkboard Chat (1:39)
- Audio: Ruth Setton, “On the Celebration of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “ (17:32)
- Video: “Repentance unto Shalom” (20:03)
- Video: “Shalom-Righteousness-Law-Repentance & Forgiveness” — A Chalkboard Chat (1:35)
- A Blank copy of the beginning portion of “The Diagram” for Pauline Theology (transparent *.png version)
- Possible Software: MindMeister.com — for online mind-mapping.
- I have called MindMapping “Word Popping” on occasion. Here’s a set of instructions for “A Basic Word Pop”
- An audio on MindMapping (about 18 minutes) from my online course: “Six Simple Strategies for Thinking New Thoughts” — and here’s a transcript of that audio.
- A Sample MindMap (hand-drawn, quite messily, by me) and a very short video of the Making of a MindMap.
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