Mirroring the object of the lesson: The creative process of scriptural rewriting as an effective practice for teaching sacred texts

This paper introduces Rewritten Scripture and scriptural rewriting as a creative process that, when mirrored in a teaching exercise, may serve as an effective practice in teaching sacred texts. Observing changes made between scripture and its rewriting may allow readers to identify different context...

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Auteur principal: Palmer, Carmen (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
Dans: Teaching theology and religion
Année: 2018, Volume: 21, Numéro: 1, Pages: 47-56
RelBib Classification:FB Formation théologique
HB Ancien Testament
HD Judaïsme ancien
ZF Pédagogie
Sujets non-standardisés:B teaching sacred texts
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Rewritten Scripture
B scribal practice
B cognitive operations
B Creativity
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:This paper introduces Rewritten Scripture and scriptural rewriting as a creative process that, when mirrored in a teaching exercise, may serve as an effective practice in teaching sacred texts. Observing changes made between scripture and its rewriting may allow readers to identify different contexts among these texts. Furthermore, the act of rewriting scripture mirrors descriptions of creativity, which itself is argued to be the highest level of cognitive operation in learning. Therefore, the paper shows how scriptural rewriting can be simultaneously the object of the lesson and the method of learning through a two-step teaching process, using an example of scriptural rewriting in a Dead Sea Scroll. The first step offers a way to understand the meaning of Rewritten Scripture and what exegetes can learn from it, while the second step engages creativity by practicing rewriting scripture itself.
ISSN:1467-9647
Contient:Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/teth.12419