This section of the course web site contains introductions to the readings for each class and, from time to time, additional exercises and materials to help you prepare. You can access each day's prep notes from the schedule on this page or from the online syllabus.

Schedule of Topics

Date	Topic
Wednesday, January 9	Were Jewish Women Oppressed? The Babatha Archive
Monday, January 14	Was Jesus a Feminist? The Gospels as Evidence
Wednesday, January 16	Women in Jesus' Teachings: Did He Liberate Them?
Monday, January 21	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday, January 23	Assuming Women's Positions: Women's Roles & Same-Sex Anxieties
Monday, January 28	Paul's Views of Women's Roles
Wednesday, January 30	The Legacy of Paul: The Ideal Wife
Monday, February 4	The Other Legacy of Paul: The Unmarried Woman
Wednesday, February 6	Midterm Exam Study Sheet for Midterm Exam
Monday, February 11	The Da Vinci Code & the Historical Magdalene
Wednesday, February 13	Disciplining Dress: Telling Women What to Wear
Monday, February 18	Presidents' Day Holiday
Wednesday, February 20	Dying for a Life: Martyrdom & Gender
Monday, February 25	Real (Christian) Men: An Oxymoron?
Wednesday, February 27	Holy Hymen: Vowing Virginity within Marriage
Monday, March 4	Holy Harlots
Wednesday, March 6	Ascetic Fasting: Notions of the Body Quiz #2 Study Sheet for Quiz #2
Monday, March 11	Ascetic Fasting: Anorexia as a Path to Power
Wednesday, March 13	The Gender of Jesus