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“The Kingdom’s Fall”
“The Kingdom’s Fall” Read: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37 Listen: Lamentations of Jeremiah I (Thomas Tallis) Listen: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Louis Armstrong) View: The Flight of the Prisoners (1896) by James Tissot Read: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37 Listen: Lamentations of Jeremiah I (Thomas Tallis) Listen: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Louis Armstrong) View: The Flight of the Prisoners (1896) by James Tissot
Week 16: “The Beginning of the End”
Week 16: “The Beginning of the End” Read: 2 Kings 17-19; Isaiah 3; 6; 13-14; 49; 54 View: Hezekiah vs. Sennacharib City of David: Pool of Siloam and tunnel built during time of King Hezekiah
Week 14: “A House Divided” & Week 15: “God’s Messengers”
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)
It's Good to be the King!
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
The Trials of a King
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
King David, a ruddy youth
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
Samuel & Saul
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
Ruth
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
Judges
Read: Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16 View: Jacopo Amigoni , Jael and Sisera , 1739 Listen: Overture to Samson by George Frederick Handel
Joshua
Week 7 “The Walls of Jericho” Read: Joshua 1-6; 8; 10-11; 23-24 Listen: “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” - Mahalia Jackson
Week 6 'Wandering"
Week 6 'Wandering" Read: Numbers 10-14; 20-21; 25; 27; Deuteronomy 1-2; 4; 6; 6; 8-9; 29-32; 34 Listen: I've Been To The Mountaintop , Martin Luther King, Jr, April 3, 1968 View: View from Mount Nebo, Jordan Listen: I've Been To The Mountaintop , Martin Luther King, Jr, April 3, 1968
Week 5: The Law
Week 5 “The Law” Read : Exodus 19-20; 24-25; 32-34; 40 Listen: If Ye Love Me, Thomas Tallis View: Moses , Michaelangelo c. 1513-15
Week 4: Go Down Moses
Read: Exodus 1-7; 10-17 The Exulte t from the The Book of Common Prayer , 1979. Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, and let your trumpets shout Salvation for the victory of our mighty King. Rejoice and sing now, all the round earth, bright with a glorious splendor, for darkness has been vanquished by our eternal King. Rejoice and be glad now, Mother Church, and let your holy courts, in radiant light, resound with the praises of your people. All you who stand near this marvelous and holy flame, pray with me to God the Almighty for the grace to sing the worthy praise of this great light; through Jesus Christ his Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. It is truly right and good, always and everywhere, with our whole heart and mind and voice, to praise you, the invisible, almighty, and eternal God, and your only-begotten Son,Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Pas...
Week 3: Joseph
Week 3 : “Joseph” Read: Genesis 37; 39; 41-48; 50 View: Semitic visitor to Egypt, described as "Abisha the Hyksos " leading a group of Aamu ( Ancient Egyptian : ꜥꜣmw " West Asians "), in the painting of a group of foreigners in the Tomb of Khnumhotep II , c. 1900 BC. Howard Vos has suggested that the "coat of many colours" said to have been worn by Joseph could be similar to the colorful foreign garments seen in the painting. [1 Listen: Any Dream Will Do Additional Reading: St. Ephraim the Syrian, Excerpt from “Sermon on Joseph the Most Virtuous” , translation by Fr. Ephraim Lash For just as the Lord was sent to us from the Father’s bosom [John 1:18] to save us all. So the youth Joseph from Jacob’s bosom [Gen 37:13-14] was sent to enquire about his own brothers. And just as Joseph’s harsh brothers, as soon as they saw him approaching, began to devise evil against him, though he was brin...
Abraham
Week 2 (September 23): “Abraham” Read: Genesis 12-13; 15-17; 21-22; 32-33; 35; Romans 4; Hebrews 11 View : " Abraham and the Three Visitors" by Marc Chagall Listen: Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan : Additional reading: The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, Wilfred Owen, 1917, So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, And took the fire with him, and a knife. And as they sojourned both of them together, Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father, Behold the preparations, fire and iron, But where the lamb for this burnt-offering? Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps, and builded parapets and trenches there, And stretchèd forth the knife to slay his son. When lo! an angel called him out of heaven, Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, Neither do anything to him. Behold, A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns; Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him. But the old man would not so, but...
Journey Through the Old Testament: “In the Beginning”
Week 1 “ Creation” Read: Genesis 1-4 & 6-9 Listen: "Morning Has Broken" - Cat Stevens View: Lunar Sunrise from Apollo 10 Christian Theme : The Felix Culpa From the Exultet of the Easter Vigil For wherefore should man be born into this world, save that being born he might be redeemed? How wonderful then, O God, is thy loving-kindness unto us thy children! Behold, what manner of love he hath bestowed upon us: who to redeem a servant, delivered up his only Son! O wonderful providence of Adam's transgression, that by such a death sin might be done away! 0 blessed iniquity, for whose redemption such a price was paid by such a Savior; O night verily blessed, to thee alone that time and that hour were made manifest, when our Savior Christ rose again from death unto life! The night is come, whereof David said: Behold, the night is as clear as the day: Then shall my night be turned into day. ...
The Kingdom's Fall
“The Kingdom’s Fall” Read: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37 Listen: Lamentations of Jeremiah I (Thomas Tallis) Listen: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Louis Armstrong) View: The Flight of the Prisoners (1896) by James Tissot