Vanderbilt University Department of  Religious Studies, College of Arts and Science

REQUIRED BOOKS    (will become available at Rand on time for use;  first needed Patte, Challenge of Discipleship)

The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the  Apocrypha   by Michael D. Coogan (Editor), Marc Z. Brettler (Editor),  Carol A. Newsom (Editor) 3rd edition (February 2001)
Abesamis , A Third Look at Jesus
Newsom and Ringe, Women’s Bible Commentary
Patte, The Challenge of Discipleship: A Critical Study of the Sermon on the Mount as Scripture

RECOMMENDED:
Patte, Ethics of Biblical Interpretation (the rationale  for this course)

CLASS PAK:   Available at Rand when needed (at the end of October)