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Teaching Egyptian History: Some Discipline-Specific Pedagogical Notes, Kerry M. Muhlestein
Teaching Egyptian History: Some Discipline-Specific Pedagogical Notes, Kerry M. Muhlestein
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This paper was originally given at the professional workshop In Search of Egypt's Past: Problems and Perspectives of the Historiography of Ancient Egypt; A North American workshop at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, inaugurating the Journal of Egyptian History, April 23-24, 2008, most of the remaining papers of which will appear in Fascicle 2 of this journal. While many Egyptologists teach Egyptian history, we often fail to carefully conceive of just what this means. Teaching history is more than conveying facts about a time period, it is also teaching how to analyze and (re)construct history. Our classes may often …
Ruth, Redemption, Covenant, And Christ, Kerry M. Muhlestein
Ruth, Redemption, Covenant, And Christ, Kerry M. Muhlestein
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The book of Ruth is one of the most loved stories of the Old Testament. Yet sometimes it remains just that: a story from which some readers gain little in the way of doctrine or application. We identify with the story because the principal actors are neither kings nor prophets but the average people of a typical village. There are neither mighty warriors nor great conflicts, but there are intense struggles for surviving life's difficulties and genuine battles with grief. We love the story because it is so well told, because it has characters we can identify with, because it …
Encircling Astronomy And The Egyptians: An Approach To Abraham 3, Kerry M. Muhlestein
Encircling Astronomy And The Egyptians: An Approach To Abraham 3, Kerry M. Muhlestein
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Abraham 3 is one of the most enigmatic sections of the Pearl of Great Price. Teacher and student together sense there is something more to the text than the meaning they are drawing out of it. Each thorough exploration gently nudges another layer of understanding from the text, but we always feel we have unraveled only the smallest portion of what it has to offer. Though I do not pretend to have a great key to unlock this revelation, I believe there are some apperceptive principles that cast light on Abraham's night vision.