Instruction
Write a 5-7 page, double-spaced interpretive essay based on one of the questions below. Be sure to integrate course material in your answers! Simple citations may be used (Cosgrove, p. 22) or (Neff lecture, 6/21) or scripture (Genesis 1:27). Credit will be given for:
a. Thesis-- student identifies and explains the issue, problem or question at hand.
b. Interpretation-- student uses evidence to support their interpretation
c. Argument-- student analyzes or evaluates a particular position
d. Conclusion-- student produces a conclusion beyond the mere summary of their argument.
Points will be taken off for redundancy, run-on sentences and spelling error.
Cosgrove, Rabbi Elliot (editor). Jewish Theology In Our Time. (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010).