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Write an essay that compares the portrayals of a character in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures, and in their respective interpretive traditions. Read the relevant primary sources, and then analyze and evaluate the similarities and differences between the scriptural representations. In your analysis, you will be expected to bring in the views of reputed academic scholars (see below). Careful attention must be given to the cultural issues and historical contexts surrounding the portrayals of these figures. Your thesis for this comparative essay should convey your answer to the crucially important question(s) of WHY the portrayals of your chosen character in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran are similar and different. You may choose to focus on: Adam, Eve, Noah, Hagar, Joseph (i.e. the son of Jacob/Israel), Moses, David, Jonah, Satan, or Gabriel. It is perfectly acceptable to choose a character who is only featured in two of the sets of texts (e.g., Joseph in the Hebrew Bible and Quran); however, if your chosen character makes an appearance in all three sets of texts, I will expect your project to analyze characterizations from all three sets of texts.
1. Consult and review the assigned readings from Margot Northey, Bradford A. Anderson, and Joel N. Lohr, Making Sense in Religious Studies: A Students Guide to Research and Writing (Second Edition). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2015. This book provides useful information on how to research and write a university-level paper.
2. Collect as many primary source (scriptural) references to your character as you can. A good place to start is with a concordance: you may use the concordance in the back of the New Oxford Annotated Bible (included in some editions) or the index in the back of Haleems Quran. There are also a number of concordances in Koerner Librarys Reference Section, such as: Richard E. Whitaker and John R. Kohlenberger, eds., The Analytic Concordance to the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000; Hanna E. Kassis, A Concordance of the Quran. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Please note, this will require going to the library.
3. Read through your collected primary sources and prepare a basic profile or description of how your character appears in each text (e.g. a Hebrew Bible Abraham, a New Testament Abraham, a Quranic Abraham). This will involve isolating essential stories and actors associated with your chosen character; identifying certain recurring patterns or motifs associated with the character; and attempting to ascertain the rhetorical function of that character in the two/three sets of discourses. You will not submit these profiles; this step is merely to assist you in writing your essay.
4. Look for and assess whether there are echoes or overlaps
between the two/three profiles; isolate and analyze similarities and differences. It may be helpful at this point to organize the results of your primary source research with a comparative chart. Again, you will not be handing anything in at this point.
5. Find scholarly articles related to your topic by searching in JSTOR, ATLA, and EBSCO (all available via the UBC Librarys web site login with CWL required). The secondary sources are meant to help you address the cultural issues and socio-historical contexts surrounding the different profiles of your character. That is, the secondary sources should help you answer the crucially important question(s) of WHY the profiles of your chosen character in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran are similar and/or different.
6. Write your paper. A good, responsible, robust comparative essay will do three things: discuss context (in this case, literary context, i.e. primary sources), examine BOTH similarities and differences, and make an attempt to explain these similarities and differences. A possible outline for your essay might look something like:
A. Introduction/Thesis
B. [Character] in the context of the Hebrew Bible (direct discussion of primary source material)
C. [Character] in the context of the New Testament (direct discussion of primary source material)
D. [Character] in the context of the Quran (direct discussion of primary source material)
E. Similarities and differences between the [Character] of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Quran (here you are answering HOW the profiles are similar/different)
F. Explanation/Analysis of reasons for similarities and differences (here you are answering WHY they are similar/different, most likely relating to cultural issues and socio-historical contexts)
G. Conclusion
The presentation of primary text similarities and differences (BE) between your chosen characters representations in the three sets of scriptures should occupy no more than 2/3 of the body of your essay. The explanation/analysis section (F) should occupy (at least) the other 1/3 of the body of your essay. You must cite at least two scholarly articles in your essay.
Essays must follow these style guidelines: 12-point font, double-spaced, with at least one-inch margins all around (including the foot of the page), printed in black ink, include page numbers, and formatted in accordance with Chicago Manual of Style. Indicate the word count at the end of the essay (all words count except those used for front matter, bibliography, and quoted material). Your final project mark will be determined by mechanics (style, grammar, word count); thesis clarity and precision; argument organization and flow; accurate use of and critical engagement with primary and secondary sources; and depth of research.
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