Bible as Literature (260-312)
T/Th 10:30-11:50
Required Books:
The New Oxford Annotated Bible
Richard Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible. Harper Collins 1987.
Week 1 Introduction
T Jan 19 Genesis 1-9 Adam & Eve
Th Jan 21 TBA
Additional Reading: Who Wrote the Bible Chapters 1-3 (pp. 9-88)
Week 2 Genesis (Covenants, Matriarchs and Patriarchs)
T Jan 26 Genesis 10-19
Th Jan 28 Genesis 20-30
Additional Reading: Who Wrote the Bible Chapters 4-6 (to p.135)
Week 3 Genesis (The Joseph Cycle)
T Feb 2 Genesis 31-38
Th Feb 4 Genesis 39-50
Additional Reading: Who Wrote the Bible Chapters 7-9 (to p.173)
Week 4 Exodus (Moses)
T Feb 9 Exodus 1-6
Th Feb 11 Exodus 7-16
Additional Reading: Who Wrote the Bible Chapters 9-11 (to p. 216)
Feb 15-19 No Class Auditions
Week 5 Exodus (Law, Purity, Sacrifice)
T Feb 23 Exodus 17-26
Th Feb 25 Exodus 27-40
Additional Reading: Who Wrote the Bible (to p. 260)
Week 6, Leviticus, Deuteronomy (More laws, purity, sacrifice)
T Mar 2 Leviticus 1-27
Th Mar 4 Deuteronomy 1-34
Paper 1 Due Friday, March 5 TOPIC TBA
Week 7 Numbers, Joshua, Judges
T Mar 9 Numbers 1-36, Joshua, Judges
Th Mar 11 In-Class Midterm Exam
March 14-21 No Classes, Spring break
Week 8 Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuels
T Mar 23 Ruth
Th Mar 25 1 and 2 Samuels
Week 9 Esther, Proverbs, Psalms,
T Mar 30 Esther
Th Apr 1 Proverbs, Psalms
Week 10 Job and Prophets
T Apr 6 Job
Th Apr 8 Amos, Jonah, Ezekiel, Isaiah
Week 11 Matthew, Mark
T Apr 13 Matthew
Th Apr 15 Mark
Week 12 Luke and John
T Apr 20 Luke
Th Apr 22 John
Week 13 Epistles
T Apr 27 Romans, I and II Corinthians
Th Apr 29 Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Thessalonians, I and II Timothy
Week 14 Revelations
T May 4 Revelations
Th May 6 FINAL EXAM IN CLASS
