Extra Credit Assignments



You are encouraged to use the following two assignments to broaden your class experience and raise the level of your understanding of the course content. Specific instructions are provided for each assignment through the links on the left below. Links to Amazon.com where you can purchase the necessary book for each assignment are provided on the right.

As you read these novels, consider the way the author's informed imagination creates a narrative world that can help you understand the historical setting of the relevant biblical documents. As the due date for each assignment approaches, you may be asked to comment on your reading in class. Due dates are given in the instructions for each assignment and in the tentative course schedule.


Instructions
Book Response (20 points possible)
Chapter Response (value varies with the length of the chapter)
Book
Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
James Michener, The Source