critical response to the discussion in Bellis’s Helpmates, Harlots, Heroes related to one of the women characters we are studying in Weeks 2 and 3: Eve, Hagar, Dinah, or Tamar. It should be 1000-1200 words

 

Your paper should:

• be written in clear and correct academic style.
• use in-text citations for the Bible and the Bellis book, like this (Bellis, 30) or “this” (Gen 3:4).
• make a critical argument from your own perspective, not simply summarize the chapter.
• connect your interpretation of the passage to contemporary concerns raised by women in our own culture.
• be submitted as a Word document on Box, named with your last name and “paper 1.” For example: “Bibb Paper 1.docx”. This is absolutely essential! Box doesn’t handle it well when more than one person turns in a paper with the same name.

Content checklist:

• Thesis statement is clear, specific, and significant. There is no vague or overly general nonsense in the opening paragraph.
• One substantive paragraph concisely presents the most important issues raised in the Bellis chapter.
• Three or more substantive paragraphs provide specific, evidence-based arguments in response to the chapter. [Things to think about: Which arguments in the chapter are strong or weak, and why? What is at stake in the discussion, and what implications flow from these arguments? How do these arguments connect with academic, popular, or religious-based reading of the Bible?]
• One or two substantive paragraphs connect the issue specifically to contemporary social and political issues related to women, gender, or sexuality.