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WOMEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT & EARLY CHURCH
Schedule and Sources for 29 October to 26 November 2003
** Tentative; please back check for updates **
- Wednesday, 29 Oct. –
- From the Jesus Movement and Judaism to the New Testament and Christian Origins
- Kraemer and D’Angelo, pp. 35-49, 80-102
- Friday, 31 Oct. –
- “Old Testament" women in the “New Testament"
- *2 Corinthians 11:1-5 [NRSV: 2 Cor 11]
- *Galatians 4:21-31 (see also Romans 4:19; 9:9; Hebrews 11:11; 1 Peter 3:6)
[NRSV: Gal 4;
Rom 4;
9;
Heb 11
1 Pet 3]
- *1 Timothy 2:13-14
[NRSV: 1 Tim 2]
- *Revelation 2:20-23 (see also 17:3-18:24)
[NRSV: Rev 2]
- Wednesday, 5 Nov. –
- Paul on men, women, and angels
- *Galatians 3, esp. 3:28
[NRSV: Gal 3]
- *1 Corinthians, esp. 7; 11:2-11; 14:33-36
[NRSV: 1 Cor 7;
11;
14]
- Kraemer and D’Angelo, pp. 199-235.
- Friday, 7 Nov., Wednesday, 12 Nov. & Friday, 14 Nov.–
- Women in the Gospels
- *Mark (all); read with attention to women characters and comments about marriage, divorce, family, and so on; see esp. chs. 5-7; 10; 12-14 [NRSV: Mk 1;
2;
3;
4;
5;
6;
7;
8;
9;
10;
11;
12;
13;
14;
15;
16]
- *Matthew 1-2; 5-7; 12:46-50; 13-15; 19; 24-25; 27-28 [NRSV:
Matt 1;
2;
5;
6;
7;
12;
13;
14;
15;
19;
24;
25;
27;
28]
- *Luke 1-4; 8; 10-11; 21; 23-24 [NSRV:
Lk 1;
2;
3;
4;
8;
10;
11;
21;
23;
24]
- *John 1-2; 4; 8-9; 11-12; 19-20 [NSRV:
1;
2;
4;
8;
9;
11;
12;
19;
20]
- Kraemer and D’Angelo, pp. 105-149, 171-195
- QUIZ #2 (on Friday 14 Nov. in Tutorial)
- Related Resources:
- Mary Magdalene: Gallery of Images - Compiled by Ann McGuire (Haverford College) for a course on Women and Gender in Early Christianity
- Wednesday, 19 Nov. –
- Gender, authority, and the struggle over Paul’s legacy
- *1 Timothy, esp. 2:8-15; 5:3-16
[NRSV: 1 Tim 1;
2;
3;
4;
5;
6]
- *Acts of Thecla [translation by Ross Kraemer]
- Kraemer and D’Angelo, pp. 236-253
- Related Resources:
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Thecla of Iconium
- "The Acts of Thecla: A Pauline Tradition Linked to Women" by Nancy A. Carter
- Friday, 21 Nov. –
- Recovering the role(s) of women in the Jesus Movement and early Church
- *Book of Acts
- Kraemer and D’Angelo, pp. 300-329
- SHORT PAPER #2 DUE
- Related Resources:
- From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - Karen King (Harvard University) on "Women in Ancient Christianity: The New Discoveries" and Elizabeth Clark (Duke University) on "The First Christians: The Roles for Women"
- Wednesday, 26 Nov. –
- The Virgin Mary: From the mother of the messiah to mediatrix
- *Protevangelium of James
- *Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
- *Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
- Related Resources:
- Portraits of the Marys: The Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene in Christian Tradition - a course website from a class taught by Nicola Denzey at Skidmore in 2000; resources include an image gallery,
linked list of primary sources available on-line, and an ecclectic yet wide-ranging list of other Internet resources related to traditions aboutthe Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene in ancient, medieval, and even modern Christianity.
Schedule of Assignments and On-line Sources
10 Sept to 10 Oct - Women in the Hebrew Bible & Ancient Israel
15 to 24 Oct - Women in Second Temple Judaism
29 Oct to 26 Nov - Women in the NT & Early Church
Summary of Course Aims, Textbooks, & Requirements || Additional Resources (Printable Syllabus, Class Handouts, etc.) ||
McMaster University ||
Department of Religious Studies
Annette Yoshiko Reed - Email, Homepage
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