The Bible and Its Traditions: An Invitation

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Prelim-Midterm exam result

Prelim-Midterm Exam Result Formula for the computation of grades:

 Raw Score __________________ X Base Score + (100 – Base Score) = Percentage
Total Number of points

•  Raw Score - the score you got, your actual score.
• Total no. of points - total number of items in the exam = 25 pts.
• Base Score - the passing percentage = 40%. You should get a score 40% of the total number of items just to get a passing grade.
• Percentage - the percentage equivalent of your Raw Score

Example: Raw score = 21 pts
21/25 = 0.84 X 40 = 33.6 + 60 = 93.6%
[note 60 = 100 - 40, Base Score]

Note: 25/26 = 100% perfect mark
 6.0 = 70% passing mark

Statistics
100 = 1 (Roxas, Lay) 26/25
94 = 1 (Luyun, SVD)
93 = 1 (Wele, SVD)
91 = 1 (Generalao, Lay)
90 = 1 (Cruz, SVD)
89 = 2
86 = 1
85 = 1
84 = 1
83 = 1
82 = 3
79 =1
78 = 4
77 =2
74 =5
73 = 2
72 =1
71 =1
70 = 9
69 =2
66 =1

Reversal of Creation in Job

Here's another explanation of what we were talking about this morning--Job's curse as an act to reverse creation (Michael Fishbane. Please click on K. O'Connor's short article on this topic here.

Sensus Fidelium

Sensus Fidelium (Sense of the Faithful). In the lecture 1/1113, I was talking about the "democratizating" effect; of Proverbs (Ceresko, p.45) and related it to the idea in Catholic Dogmatic theology where all believers (meaning, the faithful, not only the magisterium) help elaborate Christian truth. This concept is called sensus fidelium and was at the heart of theology of Blessed John Henry Newman. Please click here for a a further explanation of sensus fidelium.

Prelim/Midterm Exam in Wisdom Literature: Coverage and Format

Coverage:
Introduction:
I. Basic Questions about  the Wisdom Literature
II. Wisdom Literature in the Ancient Near East
III. The Persian Period
IV. Hebrew Poetry

The Wisdom Books:
I. The Book of Proverbs (Read the presentation of Ceresko and the questions at the end of each chapter, pp. 47-65 = chapters 7 and 8).
additional note: The Polyvalence of Wisdom

*Review also your notes from my lectures and the class handouts given in class.

Click here for the format of the exam

Date of the Exam:  25 Jan 2013
Time: 8:10 - 9:00 AM
Place: Arnoldus Hall