Schedule
| Week/Date | Topic/Textbook Readings | Scriptural Readings |
| 1. Jan. 10 | Course Introduction (Ehrman Chapter 29) "Introduction to Theology and Theological Language" "Introduction to Biblical Archeology" "History of Biblical Composition and Interpretation" British Library, "Millennium Bibles" (brief descriptions and images of some of the oldest New Testament manuscripts in existence) |
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| 2. Jan. 17 | Intertestamental Judaism and the Jesus
of History (Ehrman Chapters 1, 2, 13)
"Jesus' Many Faces" From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS Frontline |
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| 3. Jan. 24 | The Jesus of History (Ehrman Chapters
14, 15, 16); Jesus and the Gentile Greco-Roman Context (Ehrman Chapters 3) "A Portrait of Jesus' World" From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS Frontline |
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| 4. Jan. 31 | Paul and the Invention of Christianity
(Ehrman Chapters 18, 19, 22) "The First Christians" From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS Frontline |
Acts of the Apostles 7: 54-27: 31, 1st & 2nd Letters to Thessalonians |
| 5. Feb. 7 | Paul and the Development of Christian Theology (Ehrman Chapters 20, 21) | 1st & 2nd Letters to Corinthians, Letter to Galatians, Letter to Philippians, Letter to Romans |
| 6. Feb. 14 | The Synoptic Gospels (Ehrman Chapter 4,
6) "The Story of the Storytellers" From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS Frontline |
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| 7. Feb. 21 | The Gospel According to Mark (Ehrman Chapter 5) | Gospel According to Mark |
| 8. Feb. 28 | Midterm Exam | |
| Mar. 7 | Spring Break | |
| 9. Mar. 14 | The Gospel According to Matthew (Ehrman Chapter 7) | Gospel According to Matthew |
| Mar. 19 | Last Day for Students to Withdraw | |
| 10. Mar. 21 | The Gospel According to Luke and Acts of the Apostles (Ehrman Chapters 8, 9) | Gospel According to Luke, Acts of the Apostles |
| 11. Mar. 28 | The Gospel According to John (Ehrman Chapter 10) | Gospel According to John |
| 12. Apr. 4 | Gnosticism and Other Christianities (Ehrman Chapters 11, 12 | 1st, 2nd, 3rd Letters of John |
| 13. Apr. 11 | From Jewish-Christians to Gentile-Christians (Ehrman Chapters 23, 24, 25) | Letter to Hebrews, Letter to Barnabas |
| 14. Apr. 18 | Patristric Christianity (Ehrman
Chapters 26, 27) "Why Did Christianity Survive?" From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS Frontline |
1st & 2nd Letters of Peter, Letter of Jude |
| 15. Apr. 25 | Christian Apocalypticism (Ehrman
Chapters 16, 28) Apocalypse!: The Evolution of Apocalyptic Belief and How It Shaped the Western World, PBS Frontline |
Book of Revelation |
| Thursday, May 2 7:00-8:45 | Final Exam |