COURSE READINGS

Homecoming for the Israelites

Week One Introduction, The Bible
 

Introduction to the course

Reading the Bible, by Tolbert, pages 3-8; and Gen 1:1-11:9.


Week Two The Epic of Gilgamesh; Genesis and Early History
 

The Epic of Gilgamesh  (The Coming of Enkidu) (The Flood Story from Gilgamesh)

Ge n 12, 15-19, 22:1 -18, 27, 28:10-22, 32:24-32, 35:9-15, 37, 39, 41, 44:18-45:15, 47:1-12, 48, 50:22-26.
The Dead Sea Scrolls at the Library of Congress (Optional Reading)
Sumerian Mythology: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Home Page (includes some pictures & bibliographies)

Jim Howell's Playscript of The Epic of Gilgamesh (written for Fall, 1996 class)


Week Three Exodus and the Promised Land
 
Exod 1:1-6:13, 7-8, 12, 13:17-16:35
Exod 19-20, 24, 32-33.
Deut 34
Josh 3, 6, 24


Week Four Kingship: Saul, David, Solomon

Judg 4-5; 1Sam 16:19-18:12, 28, 31.
2Sam 1:1-2:17, 5-7, 11-12, 22.
1Kgs 2:1-12, 3, 4:29-34; 2Kgs 24-25.


Week Five Psalms, Wisdom Literature, Jonah
 
Pss 14, 19, 22-23, 46, 79, 90, 96, 114, 137, 139.
Prov 1-3, 31. Qoh 1.
From Apocrypha: Daniel & Susanna; Daniel, Bel, & the Snake.Jonah


The Story of Troy

Week Six Homer's Odyssey

The Odyssey, Books 1-4 ("the Telemachy")
Perseus Project Translation of The Odyssey (preferred translation, with hot links Glossary)
 

Athene Springs from the Brow of Zeus


Time Line of Greek History & Literature


Week Seven Homer, con.

The Odyssey, Books 14-24.
 

The Olympian Gods: Images & Texts


Greek Tragedy

Week Eight Greek Tragedy

Sophocles, Oedipus the King
Perseus Project Translation of Oedipus Tyrannus (preferred translation, with hot links Glossary)
(Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu; accessed June, 1997)
Oedipus the King Courtesy of the Univ. of Virginia (Loeb translation)
Loeb translation of The Oedipus Plays
Sophocles, Antigone


Week Nine Greek Tragedy, con.

Aeschylus, The Agamemnon
Perseus Project Translation of Agamemnon (preferred translation, with hot links Glossary)
(Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu; accessed June, 1997)
Morshead translation of The Agamemnon
Euripides, The Bacchae
Translation of The Bacchae (Perseus Project, with hot links Glossary)
(Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu; accessed June, 1997)
Images of Dionysos (Bacchus)


The Greek and Roman Myths

Week Ten Ovid

Translation of Metamorphoses by Dryden, Pope, & others
Metamorphoses Book 1; from Book 2: Phaethon; Book 3 (complete); from Book 4: Pyramus & Thisbe; from Book 5: Death & Proserpina; Book 6: Tereus, Procne, Philomela; From Book 7: Jason & Medea; from Book 8: Daedalus & Icarus; from Book 9: Hercules's birth from Book 10: Orpheus & Eurydice; Pygmalion; Venus & Adonis; Atalanta; from Book 15: Epilogue.

More's Translation of Metamorphoses, in the Perseus Project series (with hyperlinks to the Glossary)


Week Eleven Apuleius

The Golden Ass, Books 1-3
Books 4-5
Book 6.
The Apuleius Homepage, with Latin and translations of various works available.


Jesus and the New Testament

Week Twelve The New Testament: Lives of Jesus

The Gospel of Matthew
Mark 1; Luke 1-2, 15:10-24; John 1-3.
Various medieval texts on the Three Wise Men (courtesy James Marchand)
Formation of the New Testament Canon (courtesy D. S. Wilson, Univ. of Chicago)


Week Thirteen Acts and Paul

Acts 1:1-9:30, 13-15, 19, 25-26, 28:16-end.
Rom 2:17-4:23; 1Cor 7, 10, 12:12-31, 15.
Ephesians.


Week Fourteen Conclusion of the course

2Pet 3; 1 John 2; Rev 1, 20-21.



 
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