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This section of the course web site contains introductions to the readings for each class starting in the second week 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 on Camino.

Schedule of Topics

Date Topic
Thursday, April 6 Seeking Jesus
Tuesday, April 11 Who Was Jesus? The First Critical Questions
Thursday, April 13 Recovering Jesus in the Second & Third Quests
Tuesday, April 18 How Much Skepticism Is Warranted?
The Mythical View of Jesus


Thursday, April 20 Non-Christian Sources for the Life of Jesus
Tuesday, April 25 Excavating the Gospels
Thursday, April 27 Later Christian Views of Jesus
Tuesday, May 2 How to Dig for Evidence:
Literary & Archaeological Methods


Thursday, May 4 EXAM #1 STUDY SHEET


Tuesday, May 9 Roman Political Theology & Jewish Theological Politics
Thursday, May 11 Jesus' Infancy & Childhood
Tuesday, May 16 How the Jesus Movement Began
Thursday, May 18 Preaching the Rule of God
Tuesday, May 23 Manifesting the New Age: Jesus' Miracles
Thursday, May 25 Why Was Jesus Executed?
Tuesday, May 30 Resurrection & the Transformation of the Messiah


Thursday, June 1 EXAM #2 STUDY SHEET


Tuesday, June 6 How Jesus became God: Trajectories in Early Christianity
Thursday, June 8 A Review of the Methods for Studying Jesus




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