Students will write a 1000-word review of Stephen Dempster’s book Dominion and D
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Students will write a 1000-word review of Stephen Dempster’s book Dominion and Dynasty: A
Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, where half of the review outlines the major arguments
found in the book, while the other half evaluates the author’s key ideas. Where do you agree or
disagree with the author? Why? (1000 words, typed, double spaced). See the class handout for
more information on writing reviews.
Due: Friday, February 17, 2023
A B C D
Book Summary Concisely and clearly
summarizes the book;
explains the main ideas
of the book with a high
degree of accuracy and
comprehensiveness;
Clearly summarizes the
book; explains the main
ideas of the book
accurately
Concisely summarizes
the book; explains
some of the main ideas
of the book
Fails to demonstrate an
understanding of the
book’s main ideas; fails
to summarize
accurately or concisely
the book’s main ideas
Writing Quality Ability to write clearly
and cogently using
proper style (SBL
Format/Turabian).
Provides support for
positions from the
biblical text; writing is
well organized and
builds to a definite
conclusion; exhibits
excellent spelling,
grammar and syntax.
Ability to write clearly
and cogently using
proper style (SBL
Format/Turabian).
Provides some support
for positions from the
biblical text; writing is
generally organized
and builds to a definite
conclusion; exhibits
good spelling, grammar
and syntax with a few
errors.
Ability to write
coherently using
proper style (some use
of SBL
Format/Turabian).
Provides some support
for positions from the
biblical text; writing not
well organized but has
a definite conclusion;
exhibits adequate
spelling, grammar and
syntax.
An inability to write
clearly. Does not
provides support for
positions from the
biblical text; writing not
well organized and has
no definite conclusion;
exhibits poor spelling,
grammar and syntax.
Deductive
reasoning/
evaluation of
sources
Shows clear evidence
of deductive reasoning;
uses a high creativity to
present the student’s
ideas; is able to
accurately and clearly
understand the
implications of the
book’s ideas and gives
examples to illustrate
his/her points
Shows evidence of
deductive reasoning;
uses some creativity to
present the student’s
ideas; is able to
understand the
implications of the
book’s ideas and gives
some examples to
illustrate his/her points
Shows some evidence
of deductive reasoning;
does not use much
creativity to present
the student’s ideas;
does not fully
understand the
implications of the
book’s ideas and rarely
examples to illustrate
his/her points
Shows no real evidence
of deductive reasoning;
does not use creativity
to present the
student’s ideas; does
not understand the
implications of the
book’s ideas and uses
no examples to
illustrate his/her points
Evaluation of the
book
Evaluates book’s ideas
carefully, giving clear
rationale for pros/cons
and strengths and
weakness of various
positions; gives fair,
balanced evaluation of
options; exhibits a keen
insight into the
implications that grow
from the book’s ideas
Evaluates book’s ideas
carefully, giving some
rationale for pros/cons
and strengths and
weakness of various
positions; gives fair,
balanced evaluation of
options; exhibits insight
into the implications
that grow from the
book’s ideas
Fails to evaluate the
book’s ideas carefully,
giving no clear
rationale for pros/cons
and strengths and
weakness of various
positions; gives fair
evaluation of options;
exhibits insight into the
implications that grow
from the book’s ideas
Fails to evaluate the
book’s ideas carefully,
or give a clear rationale
for pros/cons and
strengths and
weakness of various
positions; does not give
a, balanced evaluation
of options; fails to
present evidence of
insight into the
implications that grow
from the book’s ideas
