[Your Name]

SCTR 165 Gender & Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation

Research Paper Outline

[Submission Date]

[Your Working Title]

I. Introduction

Thesis: Identify your thesis and discuss how you will present it in the paper.

II. [Your title for the topic of this section]

Main point of this section: [Write a short paragraph in which you discuss the method you’ve chosen and what you will focus on in presenting it. Then break down your presentation of that method, use the lettering/numbering scheme to which you’re accustomed. Use at least 3 nested levels (that is. A.1.a).]

III. [Your title for the topic of this section]

Main point of this section: [Write a short paragraph in which you identify the biblical tradition you’ll examine, either as the focus of your exegetical paper or as the touchstone of a later interpretive moment. In this section of the paper, be sure to analyze the text in its original historical context, as we have done in class, and if there is another interpretive context (such as a later historical period or a contemporary debate), outline how you will also analyze that. Use the lettering/numbering scheme to which you’re accustomed to break down your argument into at least 3 nested levels (that is. A.1.a).]

IV. [Your title for the topic of this section]

Main point of this section: [The next two-to-three body sections should be the key topics or points you want to develop in your feminist or queer analysis of your biblical tradition. You will have to decide what these key topics are depending on your topic and thesis, and how many of them you will ultimately need. Then, as above, outline the main points of the argument you will make in some greater detail, using nesting.]

V. [Your title for the topic of this section]

Main point of this section: [As in IV: describe briefly what this body section will develop or analyze, and then outline the main points whereby you will do this.]

VI. Comparison and Evaluation

Main point of this section: [In the final body section, compare and contrast the original context of the biblical text with the feminist or queer interpretation of it in our its historical context. Identify the ethical issues raised by your method to the issue in the text, and evaluate the positions on those issues in light of your own experience. Briefly describe what you will do in this paragraph, and then outline your main points.]

VII. Conclusion

Note: While this template appears to be barely more than one page, see the sample; it should run 2-3 pages once you have filled it in. Delete this italic text, and replace everything in brackets with your own information.