This assignment follows up on our discussion in class yesterday about the Sermon on the Mount. Follow these steps to do this assignment and don’t take up too much space at the top of the page, just jump right into the discussion:
1. Using the library website, find the ATLA religion database
2. Do a search for the following title…a review of an academic book published recently: “Comparative Characterization in the Sermon on the Mount: Characterization of the Ideal Disciple”, reviewed by Steve Moyise in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol 40 (2018) pg. 30.
3. Read the review (it’s very brief). You don’t need to follow everything in it because it’s a technical review of technical scholarly research. BUT, answer the following questions in a one page, double spaced response: based on the contents of the review, how do scholarly approaches to religious texts differ from traditional or religious readings/uses of those texts? What are scholars looking for that one may not look for when reading a text as a religious practitioner or believer? How do both the description of the book and the reviewers critique show these differences? Finally, how does this change the way you think about religious texts as you read them?
