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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

  1. Thursday, January 11, 2024 – Introductions and Context (LINK)
  2. Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – Universalism, Particularism, and Parallelism in 1 Maccabees 1 (LINK)
  3. Thursday, January 18, 2024 – The Justification for Killing in 1 Maccabees 2 (LINK)
  4. Tuesday, January 23, 2024 – God and Suffering in 1 and 2 Maccabees (LINK)
  5. Thursday, January 25, 2024 – Martyrdom (LINK)
  6. Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – Josephus and Historiography (LINK)
  7. Thursday, February 1, 2024 – Josephus’ Rewriting of 1 Maccabees (LINK)
  8. Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Test on Historiography (LINK)

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)
  3. Thursday, February 15, 2024 – The Animal Apocalypse, Explaining the Present (LINK)
  4. Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – The Animal Apocalypse, Expectations for the Future (LINK)
  5. Thursday, February 22, 2024 – The Apocalypse of Weeks (LINK)
  6. Tuesday, February 27, 2024 ­ Narrative Bridge, messiahs (LINK)
  7. Thursday, February 29, 2024 – Test on Apocalypses

Wisdom Literature

  1. Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – Introduction to Wisdom Literature and Ben Sira (LINK)
  2. Thursday, March 7, 2024 – Ben Sira on Theodicy and the Afterlife (LINK)

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

  3. Tuesday, March 19, 2024 – Lady Wisdom (LINK)
  4. Thursday, March 21, 2024 – Ben Sira on Wives and Daughters (LINK)
  5. Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – Hellenistic Judaism (Wisdom of Solomon, Philo) and the Immortality of the Soul (LINK)
  6. Thursday, March 28, 2024 – Wisdom of Solomon on Theodicy, Universalism, and Natural Law (LINK)
  7. Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – Test on Wisdom Literature

Rewritten Scripture

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

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – Review

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.