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THE 205: Biblical Texts in Global Contexts (Dempsey): Class Activity

Class Activity #1: Find a Book on Your Passage

  1. Search for a bible commentary on the book of the Bible that includes your passage.
    Search for: [name of your book of the Bible] commentary
    Search: for:  

  2. Look for a book that was published after 2000, and is available in the Book Stacks. Take a photo of the call number.

  3. We will go to the lower floor to find the book on the shelf and bring it back to the Classroom.

  4. Look up your biblical passage in the book that you found downstairs. 

Class Activity #2: Using Online Bible Commentaries

  1. Find the chapter on your book of the Bible, then look up your passage in one of the following books:

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