{"id":23892,"date":"2023-07-12T21:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/reading-biblical-narratives-from-genesis-4-11-the-continuing-effects-of-the-fall\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:14:19","slug":"reading-biblical-narratives-from-genesis-4-11-the-continuing-effects-of-the-fall","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/reading-biblical-narratives-from-genesis-4-11-the-continuing-effects-of-the-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Biblical Narratives from Genesis 4-11  \u201cThe Continuing Effects of the Fall.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write an Interpretative Essay in which you analyze<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ONE<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the sections of the Genesis narrative from Chapters 4-11:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Cain and Abel (4:1-26), or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Noah after the Flood (9:18-29), or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Table of Nations (10:1-32), or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Tower of Babel (11:1-9).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 2px; padding: initial; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Briefly describe the plot and characters in the narrative (Hint: God is a character as well).&nbsp; What happens? What tensions are in the story? What surprises you? What does the narrator NOT tell that you might have expected?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 2px; padding: initial; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use the information on literary forms or characteristics in biblical narratives (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Torah Story<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>16-23), and the analysis of these accounts by both texts, plus your own observations, to describe how the narrator gets his meaning across to the reader.&nbsp; Be specific!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 2px; padding: initial; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After consulting the texts and other commentaries and\/or scholarly articles you may choose, describe what you think is the purpose of including this narrative in the larger narrative account of Genesis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 2px; padding: initial; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How do you see this narrative connecting to any major themes of the Bible?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 2px; padding: initial; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What challenges do you see for a contemporary audience?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 15px 0px 0px; font-size: 20px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Instructions:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write a 2-3 page Interpretive Essay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The paper must be double-spaced, either MLA or Turabian Style, and use Times New Roman 12 font.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include a header with your name, course number, and pagination.&nbsp; A cover page is not required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure to cite any information taken from the texts.&nbsp; You may use outside sources&#8211;not internet websites&#8211;such as commentaries, other introductions, or scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals.&nbsp; All citations must be in either MLA or Turabian form and a Works Cited page must be included.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Refer to the rubric for grading criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write an Interpretative Essay in which you analyze&nbsp;ONE&nbsp;of the sections of the Genesis narrative from Chapters 4-11:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cain and Abel (4:1-26), or &nbsp; &nbsp; Noah after the Flood (9:18-29), or &nbsp; &nbsp; Table of Nations (10:1-32), or &nbsp; &nbsp; Tower of Babel (11:1-9). Briefly describe the plot and characters in the narrative (Hint: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[702],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/23892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/23892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=23892"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=23892"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=23892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}