TH 3316, The Forbidden Books

Dr. Todd Hanneken
Spring 2024

Jump to January 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, February 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, March 5, 7, 12–14, 19, 21, 26, 28, April 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 3

Historiography

0. Thursday, January 11, 2024 – Introductions and Context (LINK)
   • Syllabus (LINK)
   • Slideshow (PPT)
1. Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – Universalism, Particularism, and Parallelism in 1 Maccabees 1 (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Maccabees 1 (PDF)
2. Thursday, January 18, 2024 – The Justification for Killing in 1 Maccabees 2 (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Maccabees 2:1—6:16 (especially chapter 2)
3. Tuesday, January 23, 2024 – God and Suffering in 1 and 2 Maccabees (LINK)
   • Prepare 2 Maccabees 2:19—5:27 (PDF)
4. Thursday, January 25, 2024 – Martyrdom (LINK)
   • Prepare 2 Maccabees 6:1—10:8
5. Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – Josephus and Historiography (LINK)
   • Prepare 1Macc/Josephus comparison (PDF)
6. Thursday, February 1, 2024 – Josephus’ Rewriting of 1 Maccabees (LINK)
7. Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Test on Historiography (LINK)
   • Practice commentaries (PDF)
   • Study guide (PDF)

Apocalypses

1. Thursday, February 8, 2024 – Introduction to Apocalypses, Enoch, and the Books Attributed to Him (LINK)
2. Tuesday, February 13, 2024 – Enoch’s First Dream Vision (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Enoch 83–84 (pp. 116–119) (HTML or PDF)
3. Thursday, February 15, 2024 – The Animal Apocalypse, Explaining the Present (LINK)
   • Skim 1 Enoch 85–89; read carefully 90:1–19
4. Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – The Animal Apocalypse, Expectations for the Future (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Enoch 90:20–42
5. Thursday, February 22, 2024 – The Apocalypse of Weeks (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Enoch 93:1–91:17 (pp. 139-142)
6. Tuesday, February 27, 2024 ­ Narrative Bridge, messiahs (LINK)
   • Prepare 1 Enoch 91:1–92:5 (pp. 136–138)
7. Thursday, February 29, 2024 – Test on Apocalypses
   • Study guide (PDF)

Wisdom Literature

1. Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – Introduction to Wisdom Literature and Ben Sira (LINK)
   • Prepare Sirach Foreword; 1 (HTML or PDF)
2. Thursday, March 7, 2024 – Ben Sira on Theodicy and the Afterlife (LINK)
   • Prepare Sirach 2; 39–41

   March 12–14, 2024 – Spring Break (No Class Meetings)

3. Tuesday, March 19, 2024 – Lady Wisdom (LINK)
   • Prepare Sirach 24
4. Thursday, March 21, 2024 – Ben Sira on Wives and Daughters (LINK)
   • Prepare Sirach 26–26, 42
5. Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – Hellenistic Judaism (Wisdom of Solomon, Philo) and the Immortality of the Soul (LINK)
   • Prepare short selections from Philo (HTML or PDF); Wisdom of Solomon 1–5 (HTML or PDF)
6. Thursday, March 28, 2024 – Wisdom of Solomon on Theodicy, Universalism, and Natural Law (LINK)
   • Prepare Wisdom of Solomon 11-13; skim 6-10; 14-19 (HTML or PDF)
7. Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – Test on Wisdom Literature
   • Study guide (PDF)

Rewritten Scripture

1. Thursday, April 4, 2024 – Introduction to Rewritten Bible and Jubilees (LINK)
   • Prepare Hanneken, Introduction to Jubilees (PDF); Jubilees 1 (PDF)
2. Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – Creation in 6 or 7 Days and the Garden of Eden (LINK)
   • Prepare Genesis 1–3; Jubilees 2–3
3. Thursday, April 11, 2024 – Classes Cancelled
4. Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – The Flood, Theodicy, and Rewritten 1 Enoch (LINK)
   • Prepare Jubilees 4–5, 10
5. Thursday, April 18, 2024 – Religion, Gentiles, and the Jubilees “Apocalypse” (LINK)
   • Prepare Jubilees 6, 15, and 23
6. Tuesday, April 23, 2024 – Conclude Jubilees
7. Thursday, April 25, 2024 – Test on Rewritten Bible
   • Study guide (PDF)

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – Review

• Bring old tests, study guides, and questions

Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Study Day (No Class Meeting)

Cumulative Final Exam

Exam week begins May 3, 2024. Exam day and time as announced by the Registrar.

• Section A (12:35) Friday, May 3, 3:00–5:30pm (bring tests)
• Section B (2:00) Tuesday, May 7, 3:00–5:30pm (bring tests)
• Full Schedule