Response Reading Guide

Topic: Response Reading Guide Order Description Reading Response Guide In these readings, you will see that the authors advocate for some theological or philosophical view of the world based on their own understanding of the Tanakh. Sometimes they state their position in biblical terms and other times they leave the Scriptures out of their argument entirely. Your goal is to engage the author with the argument of the Tanakh on the issue discussed in the reading. Your essay should evince to the reader that you have: Identified the appropriate texts within the Tanakh that bear direct and indirect relationship to the reading at hand Examined and considered the Tanakh's view of that issue discussed in the reading Carefully critiqued the reading (both positively and negatively) from the Tanakh As for the structure of 600 word essay, I expect that three things will be clearly written and related to each other: The main issue at stake in the reading (i.e., what's so important that your thesis will have to deal with in the reading) A brief discussion of how the relevant texts from the Tanakh relate to the reading A critique of the reading in light of your discoveries in the Tanakh. Your goal is to read carefully, integrate these ideas as they are explored in the biblical narratives, and then apply them to the reading. To say it another way: How does the Tanakh's understanding of this issue accommodate, anticipate, prescribe, or critique the ideas expressed in the reading. Or, what does the Tanakh have to say about the issues raised by the author of the essay? Which aspects are in accord with a Tanakh understanding of the world and where would the OT authors advise us to think differently? Remember these two fatal flaws of students: THIS IS NOT AN OPINION PIECE. THIS IS NOT A NEW TESTAMENT PIECE (feel free to leave NT citations out). Reading Response #1: Joel Salatin, "Declare Your Independence" in Food Inc.How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer (PublicAffairs, 2009). *Questions to consider as you read: Considering Genesis 1-4 (or other texts), is there are biblical case to be made for "respecting the 'pigness' of the pig" (pp. 187-8)? Given that ancient Israelite villages were typically agriculturally diverse (as opposed to the "monoculture of food" that Salatin describes in the US), does that offer us guidance on how we should engage and/or support our farming practices today? Suppose that we could start a society from scratch. In light of Leviticus 19 and 23 (or other texts), how would you outline a biblical approach to farming and agriculture?