Calendar

Location: Alter Hall, Xavier University
Room: Alter Hall Room 102
Time: 10:10 - 10:55am









Sept 15:  Orientation
Sept 22:  Genesis 1 - 12: Creation and The Fall

• Video: Genesis 1-12

Sept 29:  Genesis 12 - 50: The Patriarch and Matriarch Narratives

• Video: Genesis 13 - 50

Oct 6:  Exodus 1 - 18: Moses, Passover, and The Exodus

• Video: Exodus 1 - 18

Oct 13:

• Exodus 19 - 40: The golden calf, descriptions for building the Tabernacle
• Leviticus 5-6: Descriptions of sacrificial ceremonies and the Levitical priesthood
• Leviticus 16: Description of the Day of Atonement
• Leviticus 19: Moral and Ethical laws
• Leviticus 23: Descriptions of Jewish feast days
• Deuteronomy 6: The Shema.
• Video: Exodus 19 - 40
• Video: Leviticus

Oct 20:

• Review Exodus 17:8-15: The battle of Israel and the Amalekites
• Numbers 13-14: Israel sends 12 spies to the Promised Land
• Numbers 21:4-9: The bronze serpent
• Numbers 22-24:  The battle with the Moabites, and the story of Balak and Balaam
• Deut 30:11 - 31:9: Moses' final speech to the Israelites on the plains of Moab, Joshua commissioned
• Joshua: Crossing to Jordan river at the battle of Jericho, and the initial conquest of the promised land.
• Judges: Chapters 1-2 (background), 4 (Deborah), 6-8 (Gideon), and browse through other stories if you have time, such as Samson and Delilah (13-16).
• Vido: Numbers
• Video: Joshua

Oct 27:  1 Samuel - 2 Samuel 11:12: Samuel, Saul and young David

• Also, please read a few Palms attributed to David during this time period:
• Psalms 59: David's house surrounded (1 Samuel 19:11)
• Psalm 56: David seized by Achish (1 Samuel 21:10-11)
• Psalm 34: David escapes Achish / Abimelech (1 Samuel 21:12-22:1)
• Psalms 57, 142: David in a cave (1 Samuel 22:1)
• Psalms 52: Doeg the Edomite (1 Samuel 22:9-19)
• Psalm 63: Desert of Judah (1 Samuel 23:14-15)
• Psalm 54: David betrayed by the Ziphites (1 Samuel 23:19)
• Video: Judges
• Video: 1 Samuel

Nov 3:  2 Samuel 11 - 24; Psalms 60, 51, 3, 63, 18, 22, 23

• Also, please read a few Palms attributed to David during this time period:
• Psalm 60: Victory over Transjordan (2 Samuel 8:1-14)
• Psalm 51: Repentance over Uriah and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12)
• Psalm 3: Absalom's Revolt (2 Samuel 15 - 17)
• Psalm 63: Desert of Judah (2 Samuel 15 - 17)
• Psalm 18: Victory of enemies (2 Samuel 22)
• Psalm 22 and 23: Trusting in God during persecution.
• Video: 2 Samuel
• Video: Psalms

Nov 10:  1 and 2 Kings

• If you don’t have time to read it all, the most important to readings are:
• King Solomon (1 Kings 1 – 11)
• The Kingdom Divides (1 Kings 12)
• King Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, and Elisha (1 Kings 16:29 – 22:40)
• King Ahaz and Isaiah (2 Kings 16)
• King Hezekiah and Isaiah (2 Kings 18-20)

Nov 17:  Isaiah 1 - 39
Nov 24:  NO CLASS - Advent Wreath
Dec 1:  NO CLASS - Thanksgiving
Dec 8:  NO CLASS - Alternative Gift Fair
Dec 15:  Isaiah 40 - 66

• The Servent Songs
• Isaiah 52:13-53:12
• Isaiah 42:1-9
• Isaiah 49:1-7
• Isaiah 50:4-9

Dec 22:  NO CLASS - Christmas
Dec 29:  NO CLASS - New Years

Jan 5:  NO CLASS - Epiphany
Jan 12:  Jeremiah and Lamentations
Jan 19:  Daniel and Ezekiel (parts)
Jan 26:  Job and Ecclesiastes
Feb 2:  Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 and 2 Maccabees

• If you do not have time to read all of Maccabees, make sure to read:
• 1 Maccabees 1-4: The revolt of Judas Maccabees through the rededication of the Temple.
• 2 Maccabees 7: The story of a mother's courage.

Feb 9:  Matthew
Feb 16:  Mark
Feb 23:  Luke
March 1: NO CLASS - All Parish Mass
March 8:  John 1-9
March 15:  John 10-24
March 22:  Acts
March 29: Romans
April 5: - NO CLASS - Palm Sunday
April 12: - NO CLAS - Easter
April 19:  Revelation 1-11
April 26:  Revelation 12-22