I was raised within the United Church of Canada to view the Bible as a historical and literary document. I attended theological studies at McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. I'm currently agnostic or even atheist, but fascinated by Biblical history. I have published a book on the topic, titled A Secular Bible Study.

Homework Offered
This is a flexible schedule class so we will not be meeting live. Students will be asked to do a weekly reading assignment and to watch the short videos. Then they will be invited to engage the material in a variety of ways including (but not limited to):

- Participating in discussion in the Outschool classroom.
- Doing a virtual scavenger hunt finding classical paintings on Biblical themes.
- Writing riddles for one another and guessing each other's riddles.
- Doing dramatic readings and retellings of stories.
2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

I will be using information gleaned from a variety of books, including A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period by Rainer Albertz, The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction by Norman K. Gottwald, The Gospels and Jesus by Graham Stanton, as well as the works of John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg.