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
September 25 , Wednesday	The Genesis of Apocalyptic: Jewish Prophecy and Wisdom
September 30, Monday	1 Enoch: The Book of the Watchers & the Apocalypse of Weeks
October 2, Wednesday	The Matrix
October 14 , Monday	Daniel
October 16 , Wednesday	Toni Morrison's Sula
October 23, Wednesday	Utopia before the End Times: The Dead Sea Sect
October 28 , Monday	The Zionist Utopia & Modern Jewish Messianism
October 30 , Wednesday	Utopia in the End-Times: The Early Christian Sect
November 4, Monday	Protestant Apocalypticism and Israel in Christian End-Time Scripts
November 11 , Monday	Revelation
November 13, Wednesday	The Branch Davidian Disaster at Waco
November 20, Wednesday	Apocalyptic Features of the Qur'an
December 2, Monday	9-11, the Afghanistan War & Apocalyptic