SYLLABUS  -  Part I - Spring 2012


Intro

Background of the Course

   Getting to know the unknown

Jesus the Jew in Jewish History

   Chronology

   The Herods

   The Romans

Judaism - Its Beliefs and Expectations

    Scriptures - Diversity - Parties:

Jewish values:

   Temple - Torah - Land - Racial Identity

Judaism and Hellenism

Sources for Jesus the Jew

    Early Christian testimonies

   Inventory of Christian writings

   Gospels - “Q” and details

Stages of Development

   Stage 1 - Jesus and his teaching

    Stage 2 - Oral Tradition

    Stage 3 - the Gospels, a closer look

Apocryphal gospels

    Thomas, Mary Magdalene, Judas

Non Christian statements about Jesus

   Josephus - Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus the Jew

    Birth - it’s myth - Some data

    From Jewish soil - Roots in Palestinian Judaism

The Quest of the historical Jesus

    Summary - Views of Scholars on Jesus

Jesus and John the Baptist

    Jesus’ Baptism - importance and impact


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SYLLABUS - Part II - Fall '09


 

THEME - Message Jesus the Jew - Kingdom of God


Introduction

Jewishness of KoG

   in Hebrew Bible

   In 2nd Temple literature

   In Rabbinic writings

Kingdom of God as Jesus saw it

   Jewish wisdom

What Jesus had in mind

   Jesus'idea original?

Theme: Kingdom of God

   What did Jesus expect to happen

   Nature of the Kingdom

   What Jesus talked about

Message not only by Jesus, also for Jesus

   Entering the Kingdom

  Change of values

  KoG taking place

       Kingdom of Heaven note

   Kingdom here and now

Kingdom in Parables

   Jesus' following'disciples
What Jesus had in mind for

    Israel

   Gentiles

   Individuals

Jesus and Torah - Meaning of the Law

    Different views on Torah

   General: Jesus and the Law

   Purity

   Details about Jesus and the Law

        divorce - losing our lives - neighbor - 
     enemy

     golden rule - letter/spirt - legalism

   Reversal of Values - Sabbath - Meals

Jesus’ Message in:

         Sayings

      aphorisms 

      Beatitudes - Kingdom invitations

      parables - Kingdom stories

      Healings

      Spontaneous prayer 

      Exorcisms

Concept Satan

      First meeting with the Evil One 

   Where Jesus saw the Evil One at work 

   They are asking for a sign

    Cleansing of the House

    Divided House

    The Evil One still around Jesus  


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Syllabus  Part III - Spring 2010


Jesus Actions - as symbols of the Kingdom

  Healings and exorcisms - Jesus and the Evil One

Jesus’ Final Actions -

  Entry into Jerusalem  

   Temple Action

       Jesus and the Temple - prophetic background - Symbolism

  Last Supper  

     its Jewishness - body and blood 

Arrest and ‘Trial’

     Crucifixion - Why did Jesus die? - Why crucified?   

Meaning of Jesus death

     Suffering Servant                                       

Jesus' view of himself in God's plan for Israel    

     Self-awareness of Jesus as Messiah - What was Jesus up to?

  

From Jesus to Christ                               

Jewishness of Early Christianity

  Aspects of Jewishness

   Diverse Judaism cause diverse Early Christianity

   Samples; Peter, Paul, gnosticism

Hellenistic influence on Judaism and Early Christianity

  Philo, Clement, Origin - Openness to Greek Gentiles

Paul, Jesus and early Christianity

Further development

   Estrangement from Judaism

  Early Christianity being pushed out (sext, minim)

   Becoming its own

Roman Empire

  Constantine

   The Councils

Summary of the development of Christology


Paul, Jesus, and Christianity


 

 



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