Unit 1 Goals and Objectives

1. The student will establish an understanding of what the Hebrew Bible is, and how archaeology has been used in biblical studies. 

2. The student will describe the various types of literary materials that make up the Old Testament, including narrative, legal materials, poetry, and wisdom literature.

3. The student will give the various steps in the canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures.

4. The student will give the development of the written scriptures along with the possible literary sources of the Documentary Hypothesis, identifying each of the sources known as J, E, D, and P.

5. The student will name and describe the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible, giving dates for canonization of each part.

6. The student will develop an understanding of the context of the Hebrew Bible with regard to its history and geography.  

7. The student will identify the Fertile Crescent and explain its significance to the Old Testament.

8.  The student will list the three major world religions claiming Abraham as progenitor.

9.  The student will explain the reasons for the strategic importance of Palestine and its location in the Near East.

10.  The student will identigy the four major divisions of Palestine, west to east?