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Academic Year 2005/2006

Judaism in the Time of Jesus
RELI 312 SP

This course will include a close reading of select Jewish writings composed between the formation of the Hebrew Bible (ca. 400 B.C.E.) and the parallel rise of rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity (ca. 100 C.E.). Readings will include the Old Testament apocrypha, the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran, Philo and Josephus. Attention will be given to the creativity of these writings, their common setting in times of oppression and their place in the religious heritage of Judaism and Christianity.

MAJOR READINGS

THE OXFORD ANNOTATED BIBLE WITH THE APOCRYPHA (RSV) J.H. Charlesworth (ed.), THE OLD TESTAMENT PSEUDEPIGRAPHA S. Cohen, FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE MISHNAH G.W.E. Nickelsburg, JEWISH LITERATURE BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE MISHNAH V. Tcherikover, HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS G. Vermes (ed.), THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN ENGLISH

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers and one longer one.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RELI    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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