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Week 14: “A House Divided” & Week 15: “God’s Messengers”

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  We ek 14:   “A House Divided” Read:  1 Kings 12-16 Week 15:  “God’s Messengers”  Read:  1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2; 4; 6; Hosea 4-5; 8-9; 14; Amos 1; 3-5; 9 Listen:  Walter Brueggrman on the Prophetic Imagination View:                Hosea , tempera on wood painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1309–1311. Monument to Elijah on Mt. Carmel, 2018 Approximate site of the defeat of the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, looking toward Wadi Kishon Scenes from Megiddo, Israel archaeological site (built during the time of Omri/Ahab)
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It's Good to be the King!

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  Week 13:  “It’s Good to be the King” (Solomon) Read:  1 Kings 1-8; 10-11; 2 Chronicles 5-7; Proverbs 1-3; 6;  20-21 View:                             Recreation of Solomon's Temple Photos of the Temple Mount, February 2018 
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The Trials of a King

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   Week 12:  The Trials of a King   Read :  2 Samuel 11-12; 18-19; 1 Chronicles 22; 29; Psalms 23, 32; 51 Listen : Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen View :  Traditional Site of David’s Tomb, Mt. Zion, Jerusalem
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King David, a ruddy youth

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   Week 11 “David, a ruddy youth”  Read:  1 Samuel 16-18; 24; 31; 2 Samuel 6; 22; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 57 Listen :  Psalm 23 Chanted in Hebrew according to the traditional melody View : Samuel anoints David, Dura Europos, Syria, 3rd century AD
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Samuel & Saul

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   Week 10:   “Samuel and Saul”  Read:  1 Samuel 1-4; 8-13; 15 Listen:  Händel - Sinfonia from the Oratorio "Saul" HWV 53 View  Read:  1 Samuel 1-4; 8-13; 15 Listen:  Händel - Sinfonia from the Oratorio "Saul" HWV 53 View :  Hannah presenting her son  Samuel  to the priest  Eli ,  ca. 1665  
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Ruth

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   Week 9:  “Ruth” Read :  Ruth 1-4 Listen:    Song of Ruth by Gloria Dei Cantores David N. Childs View :  Field of Boaz, outside of Bethlehem, Palestine, 2018
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Judges

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  Read:  Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16 View: Jacopo Amigoni ,  Jael and Sisera , 1739 Listen: Overture to Samson by George Frederick Handel 
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