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Aug 20 |
Welcome!
Email intro and Blackboard account creation due by Aug 31.
Click here for Email Intro instructions.
Click here for Blackboard
instructions.
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Aug 22 |
Morals and Community
NB: Reading assignments are to be read by the time class
meets on the day they are assigned.
Reading: Meeks, ix-17
Supplemental Reading: Aristotle on
Perseus
Perseus is a major online resource for classics. In
addition to having online texts of practically all Greek literature of the
classical period, it has much Latin literature and some texts of the
Hellenistic period that are important for our subject. These include
Josephus, Epictetus, Diogenes Laertius, Cicero, and Plutarch.
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Aug 24 |
Turning
Reading: Meeks, 18-36; Lucian,
Nigrinus
Supplemental Reading:
Justin
Martyr; The Works of Lucian 1,
2;
The
Stoic Foundation (includes links to online trans. of Epictetus,
Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius);
Apuleius;
The Petronian Society Ancient Novel Page;
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Aug 27 |
More on Conversion
Reading:
Wanamaker,
"'Like
a Father Treats His Own Children.' Paul and the Conversion of the
Thessalonians"
Supplemental Reading: Lucian,
Alexander
the Oracle-monger;
Death of
Peregrine
In 1 Thessalonians 2, Paul assumes an apologetic
tone, reminding the church what he and his coworkers were not.
Among other things, the contrast appears to be with
religious/philosophical hucksters. Lucian wrote two delightful
skewerings of such types.
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Aug 29 |
City, Household, People of God
Reading: Meeks, 37-51;
Letter to
Diognetus
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Aug 31 |
A Crash Course in Ancient Rhetoric
NB: Class will not meet.
Reading:
The "Trees" in
Silva Rhetoricae
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Sep 3 |
Labor Day Holiday |
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Sep 5 |
A Survey of Biblical Rhetorical Criticism (cont.)
Reading:
Morrison,
Rhetorical Criticism: History, Purpose, and Method (footnotes)
Supplemental Reading:
Augustine,
On Christian Doctrine, in Four Books (Book 4);
Galatians Lecture Outline;
Quintilian;
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Sep 7 |
Paul and Politics
Reading: Horsley, "Introduction" to Paul and the Roman
Imperial Order. See Blackboard site.
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Sep 10 |
Honor the Emperor?
Reading: Elliott, "Romans 13:1-7 in the Context of Roman
Imperial Propaganda." See Blackboard site.
Supplemental: Romans Lecture Outline
1,
2, 3
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Sep 12 |
The Emperor Cult
Reading: Heen, "Phil 2:6-11 and Resistance to Local
Timocratic Rule: Isa theō and the Cult of the Emperor in the
East." See Blackboard site.
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Sep 14 |
Loving and Hating the World
Reading: Meeks, 52-65;
Gospel of Thomas;
Gospel of Thomas
Read the Gospel of Thomas itself by clicking on
either of the links above. Each site has links to various
translations.
Discussion Leader 1: Keller (short 1)
Supplemental Reading:
Acts of
Thomas; Acts of
Thomas
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Sep 17 |
Loving and Hating the World (cont.)
Reading: Excerpts from Adams, Constructing the World:
A Study in Paul's Cosmological Language. See Blackboard site.
Discussion Leader 2: Dunn (long 1)
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Sep 19 |
The Language of Obligation
Reading: Meeks, 66-90
Discussion Leader 3: Putthoff (long 2)
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Sep 21 |
The Language of Obligation (cont.)
Reading:
The Q Source Based on Luke; Lucian,
Demonax;
Diogenes Laertius,
Life of Diogenes the Cynic
Supplemental Reading: Diogenes Laertius, Diogenes (Perseus
English/Greek)
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Sep 24 |
The Grammar of Christian Practice
Reading: Meeks, 91-110
Discussion Leader 4: Hays (long 3)
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Sep 26 |
The Grammar of Christian Practice (cont.)
Reading:
Didache;
Apostolic
Tradition
Supplemental Reading:
Hippolytus
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Sep 28 |
Knowing Evil
Reading: Meeks, 111-29
Discussion Leader 5: Covey (long 4)
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Oct 1 |
True Rhetoric
Reading: Given,
"True
Rhetoric," in Paul's True Rhetoric: Ambiguity, Cunning, and Deception in
Greece and Rome. See Blackboard site.
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Oct 3 |
More True Rhetoric
Reading: Given, "On His Majesty's Secret Service: The
Undercover Ethos of Paul." See Blackboard site.
Discussion Leader 7: Dunn (short 2)
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Oct 5 |
The Body as Sign and Problem
Reading: Meeks, 130-49
Discussion Leader 8: Chatfield (long 5)
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Oct 8 |
The Myth of Textual Agency
Reading: Martin, 1-16
Discussion Leader: Putthoff (short 3)
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Oct 10 |
The Rhetoric of Biblical Scholarship
Reading: Martin, 17-35
Discussion Leader 9: Keller (long 6)
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Oct 12 |
Meanings and Consequences
Reading: Martin, 37-50
Discussion Leader 10: Parrish (short 4)
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Oct 15 |
Heterosexism and the Interpretation of Romans 1:18-32
Reading: Martin, 51-64
Discussion Leader 11: Marler (short 5)
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Oct 17 |
Paul without Passion: On Paul's Rejection of Desire in Sex
and Marriage
Reading: Martin 65-76
Discussion Leader 12: Schaeffer (short 6)
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Oct 18-19 |
Fall Break |
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Oct 22 |
Paul with Passion
Reading: Alexander, "'Better to Marry than to Burn': St. Paul
and the Greek Novel," in Ron Hock (ed.), Ancient Fiction and Early Christian Narrative (SBL
Symposium Series; Atlanta: Scholars Press,1998), 235-256. See
Blackboard site.
Discussion Leader 13: Jones (long 7)
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Oct 24 |
The Queer History of Galatians 3:28: "No Male and Female"
Reading: Martin, 77-90;
Discussion Leader 14: Hayes (short 7)
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Oct 26 |
The Hermeneutics of Divorce
Reading: Martin, 125-47
Discussion Leader 16: Kircher (long 8)
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Oct 29 |
Familiar Idolatry and the Christian Case against Marriage
Reading: Martin, 103-24
Discussion Leader 15: Schaeffer (long 9)
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Oct 31 |
Sex and the Single Savior
Reading: Martin, 91-102
Discussion Leader 14: Chatfield (short 8)
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Nov 2 |
Keeping Children Clean
Reading: Gillihan, "Jewish Laws on Illicit Marriage, the
Defilement of Offspring, and the Holiness of the Temple: A New Halakic
Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 7:14," JBL 121/4 (2002) 711-44.
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Nov 5 |
Community-shaped Scripture
Reading: Martin, 149-60;
Discussion Leader 17: Kircher (short 9)
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Nov 7 |
Postmodern Christian Historicism
Reading: Martin, 161-85 Marler (long 10)
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Nov 9 |
A Life Worthy of God
Reading: Meeks, 150-73;
Discussion Leader: Covey (short 10)
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Nov 12 |
Senses of an Ending
Reading: Meeks, 174-88;
Discussion Leader: Jones (short 11)
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Nov 14 |
The Moral Story
Reading: Meeks, 189-210
Discussion Leader: Parrish (long 11)
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Nov 16 |
Postscript: History, Pluralism, and Christian Morality
Reading: Meeks, 211-19
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Nov 19 |
TBA
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Nov 21-23 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Nov 26
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Presentations
Presentations will be 20 minutes each. Class will
begin at 8:55 AM and end at 9:55 AM
Dunn, ""
Puthoff, ""
Keller, ""
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Nov 28 |
Presentations
Presentations will be 25 minutes each from today
through Dec 5.
Schaeffer, ""
Hayes, ""
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Nov 30 |
Presentations
Chatfield, ""
Kircher, ""
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Dec 3 |
Presentations
Marler, ""
Covey, ""
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Dec 5 |
Presentations
Jones, ""
Parrish, ""
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Dec 7 |
Study Day |
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Dec 10 |
Final Exam at 9 AM
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Dec 12 |
Paper Due by Midnight (electronic and hard copy) |
