WPC8 2 ZB]0XXd6X@X@    #>`6X@>@#ЫXd6X@X@26X9`+CourierX>`6X@>@26X9`+Courier>>\  PP&O Z 6Times New Roman Regular2.63|d $   Њ#>\  PP# JESUS & THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION* DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY / STUDIES IN RELIGION HISTORY 19P/ STUDIES IN RELIGION 19Phh# (-pp2Prof. Donald Gerardi Brooklyn College, Fall, 1995hh#(-pp2503S Whitehead Office Hours: T/TH, 9:3010:45; 1:303:00hh#(-pp29515436, 5303 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to the historical investigation of Jesus and his times and study of the Jesus of Christian faith from the first century to the present. After considering Jesus as an historical figure, the course examines various images of Jesus developed over the last two millennia. These images are the material for a cultural history of Christianity as a religion and as a major force in world history. Selections from the Bible, works of religious thiankers, art and music will be cultural sources for studying these images and the themes they express in historical context. REQUIRED READING Fredriksen, Paula, From Jesus to Christ (Yale Press, 1988) Pelikan, Jaroslav, Jesus Through the Centuries (Harper & Row, 1985) Peterson, R. Dean, Concise History of Christianity (Wadsworth, 1993) The Bible (Revised Standard Version) [Other versions may be used.] Dostoevski, Fyodor, The Grand Inquisitor (Ungar) Xeroxed Readings [designated by "X" in syllabus assignments] (Package available at Library Copy Center a week after the first day of classes.) A book from the recommended titles below or from the attached brief bibliography. You will write an abstract and critique. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Participation, Reading Abstracts/Critiques, Oral Presentations*> 20% MidTerm > 25% Term Essay > 25% Exam > 30% *Students will take turns presenting some reading for class discussion; instructions will be given. PLEASE NOTE: This course is not suitable for freshmen, except for Scholars Program students or those with some advanced placement history in high school. If you have not passed the CUNY ASSESSMENT TEST in reading and writing or if your English skills are very limited, I advise you drop the course and take it at a later time. REQUIRED > A PACK OF 3X5 INDEX CARDS. At the end of each class you will hand in one card with your name and date, a statement on the single most important thing you learned that day and a question on the day's work that you would like answered or discusssed. This will indicate your attendance, part of your participation evaluation. r PART I: THE HISTORICAL JESUS WEEK I: INTRODUCTION. The Historian, The Jesus of History, and the Jesus of Faith. The Gospels as Sources. Pelikan, Jesus through the Centuries, "Introduction;" Peterson, pp. 15; Fredriksen, chaps 14; Mark. RECOMMENDED: Howard C. Kee, What Can We Know About Jesus? (Cambridge Un. Press, 1990); E.P. Sanders, The Life of Jesus, in Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, Hershel Shanks, ed., pp.4185. WEEK II: POLITICAL/SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY. Matthew, 2627, Mark, 1415; Luke, 2223; John, 10:2213:38, 18:119:38; Peterson, pp. 517; Fredriksen, chap. 5 RECOMMENDED: John Riches, The World of Jesus: FirstCentury Judaism in Crisis (Cambridge, 1990); S.G.F. Brandon, Jesus and the Zealots; Richard Horsley, Jesus and the Spiral of Violence; Horsley, Jesus, Itinerant Cynic or Israelite Prophet? in Images of Jesus Today, J.Charlesworth & W. Weaver, eds., pp. 6897. WEEK III: RELIGIOUS SUBVERSIVE. Mark, 19; Matthew, 57; Luke, 62049; Mark, 1013; John, 2:1323; 48. Peterson, pp. 2129. Fredriksen, 6,7. RECOMMENDED: Dominic Crossan, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography; Pheme Perkins, Jesus as Teacher (Cambridge, 1990); Marcus Borg, Jesus: A New Vision; E.P.Sanders, Jesus and Judaism; John Koenig, Jews & Christians in Dialogue; Jacob Neusner, Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity. PART II, CHRIST OF FAITH & THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIAN CULTURE WEEKS IVV: LIGHT OF GENTILES & COSMIC CHRIST Christology in the First Centuries; the Appropriation of Classical Culture Fredriksen, chaps. 810; Pelikan, chaps. 2,3,5;Peterson, pp. 2940, chaps. 3,4; BIBLE: Mk 16:18; Matt 28:120; Lk 24:153; John 20:121; 25. 1Cor [entire]. Acts 1:1526; 2:147; 6; 7; 15:129. Romans, 5:1221; 6:114; 9; 10; 11. XEROX: Christological Heresies; Cyril; Leo RECOMMENDED: Alan Segal, Paul the Convert; Fox, Pagans and Christians, chaps. 610; Mircea Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas, vol. II, chaps. 28, 29. WEEK VI: SON OF MAN. Incarnation and the Christian View of Human Nature Pelikan, chap. 6 Romans 7:1423 XEROX:Augustine on Trinity; John Chrysostom's Homolies on Ephesians; Augustine's Sermon on Romans; RECOMMENDED: Augustine, Confessions, Books 2, 7, 8. Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas, Vol. III, 32; Pagels, Elaine, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent. PART III, IMAGES OF CHRIST & THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE WEEK VII: KING OF KINGS. Foundations of Christian Political Theory; Empire and Papacy Pelikan, chap. 4; Peterson, chap. 5. XEROX: Constantine's support; Eusebius; Augustine; Theodosius on heretics; Valentinian and Papal Primacy; Constantine's "Donation"; Innocent III; Unum Sanctum.  RECOMMENDED:Fox, Pagans and Christians, chap. 12; Pelikan, The Excellent Empire; RW Southern, The (#(#KMaking of the Middle Ages, chaps., 1,2, 3(118153) WEEK VIII: IKON AND CROSS. Images and Symbols in Christian Art and Culture Pelikan, chaps. 7, 8. XEROX: Iconoclastic Controversy. RECOMMENDED: Florovsky, Georges, "Origen, Eusebius, and the Iconoclastic Controversy," Church History, 19 (1950), 7796; Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas, III, pp. 5561. Grabar, Andre, Early Christian Art. Rice, David Talbot, Byzantine Art; Emile Mle, Religious Art from the 12th to the 18th Century. WEEK IX: MONK AND BRIDEGROOM. Monasticism East and West; Christian Asceticism & Mysticism Pelikan, chaps. 9, 10. Bible, Song of Solomon XEROX: Augustine; Benedict; Julian of Norwich; St. John of the Cross RECOMMENDED:Helen Waddell, ed., The Desert Fathers; Richard Southern, Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages, pp. 214358; D. Knowles, The English Mystical Tradition; Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book 6, chap. 3. WEEK X: MODEL FOR HUMANITY AND UNIVERSAL MAN. Christian Humanism from St Francis to Erasmus; Christianity and the Renaissance Pelikan, chaps. 11, 12. Peterson, chaps. 6,7. XEROX: St. Francis; Erasmus. RECOMMENDED:Roland Bainton, "Man, God, and the Church in the Age of the Renaissance" in The Renaissance: Six Essays (Harper Torchbook), pp. 7796; Emile Mle, Religious Art from the 12th to the 18th Century; J Huizinga, Erasmus and the Age of Reformation WEEK XI: MIRROR OF THE ETERNAL & TEACHER FOR ENLIGHTENMENT. The Reformation, Spiritual Renewal & the Arts; the Enlightenment. Pelikan, chaps. 13, 15; Peterson, chaps. 8, 9, 10. XEROX: Luther, Calvin, Jesuits, Trent, Jefferson. RECOMMENDED:Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas, III, pp. 236251. R Bainton, Here I Stand, Life of Martin Luther; F Manuel, The 18th Century Confronts the Gods ` ` ` WEEK XII: POET OF THE SPIRIT & LIBERATOR. Nineteenth Century Idealism & Romanticism; 19th & 20thcentury movements for economic, social, and poltical justice. Pelikan, chaps. 16, 17; Peterson, chaps. 11,12; Dostoevski, The Grand Inquisitor. XEROX: Emerson; Gandhi; Womanist Theology. RECOMMENDED:J.H. Nichols, Romanticism in American Theology; G. Guttierez, A Theology of Liberation; E. SchGsslerFiorenza, Bread not a Stone; Cone, James, Black Theology, Black Power WEEK XIII: EPILOGUE: Crosscultural encounters; Jesus and Christianity in Global Perspective. Pelikan, chap. 18; XEROX: K.C. Sen on Jesus Christ, Europe and Asia RECOMMENDED: R. Gutierrez, When Jesus Came the Corn Mothers Went Away;