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Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-144061 RELC 102-1 Introduction to the New Testament Spring 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MWF 1025 1115 01/11/2023 05/06/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
16 		Capacity     
25
Instructors: Anne Merideth
Description: Examination of the texts of the New Testament, as well as other ancient sources, in an attempt to reconstruct a picture of Christianity in its beginnings. We will study the New Testament and the early Jesus movement within the wider context of Second Temple Judaism and the Greco-Roman world. Issues such as the development of the canon, the divisions with the Jesus Movement between Jews and Gentiles, the different understandings of the figure of Jesus, the conflicts which shaped the institutional development of the early church, and the conflict between Rome and the early church will receive particular attention and analysis. We will approach the texts of the New Testament as we would any other texts in antiquity, namely from an historical perspective. Students will be exposed to the traditional tools of biblical scholarship. No previous knowledge of the New Testament or of early Christianity is assumed.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-124866 RELC 102-1 Intro to the New Testament Spring 2022 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MWF 1025 1115 Lechase Room 163 01/12/2022 05/07/2022
Enrollment: Enrolled     
9 		Capacity     
25
Instructors: Anne Merideth
Description: Examination of the texts of the New Testament, as well as other ancient sources, in an attempt to reconstruct a picture of Christianity in its beginnings. We will study the New Testament and the early Jesus movement within the wider context of Second Temple Judaism and the Greco-Roman world. Issues such as the development of the canon, the divisions with the Jesus Movement between Jews and Gentiles, the different understandings of the figure of Jesus, the conflicts which shaped the institutional development of the early church, and the conflict between Rome and the early church will receive particular attention and analysis. We will approach the texts of the New Testament as we would any other texts in antiquity, namely from an historical perspective. Students will be exposed to the traditional tools of biblical scholarship. No previous knowledge of the New Testament or of early Christianity is assumed.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer