Historical Jesus (2011 Boccaccini), course
Historical Jesus is a graduate course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini at the University of Michigan in the Fall 2011.
Overview
The course focuses on the history of research on the Historical Jesus, and on the contemporary scholarly perspectives in the field.
Syllabus
Wednesdays 5-8pm
(#) Wed Sep 7 -- Introduction: Survey of the History of research (Boccaccini) (#) Wed Sep 14 -- Survey of the History of research II (Boccaccini)
(1) Thursday Sep 22 (10am-1pm) -- The 1970s: Vermes, Flusser, Theissen
Geza Vermes (by Deborah Forger):
- Jesus the Jew (1973 Vermès), book
- Jesus and the World of Judaism (1983 Vermès), book
- The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1993 Vermès), book
- The Changing Faces of Jesus (2001 Vermès), book
- Jesus in His Jewish Context (2003 Vermès), book
Gerd Theissen (by Jason Zurawski):
- Sociologie des Jesusbewegung (1977 Theissen), book
- Der Schatten des Galilaers (1986 Theissen), novel
- Des historische Jesus: Ein Lehrbuch (1996 Theissen/Merz), book
(2) Thursday Sept 29 (5:30pm-8:30pm) -- The 1980s: Sanders & Charlesworth
Ed Parish Sanders (by Rodney Caruthers):
James H. Charlesworth (by Shannon Chase):
- Jesus within Judaism (1988 Charlesworth), book
- Jesus' Jewishness (1991 Charlesworth), edited volume
- The Historical Jesus: An Essential Guide (2008 Charlesworth), book
(3) Thursday Oct 6 (10am-1pm) -- The 1990s: Crossan & Wright
John Dominic Crossan (by Jason Zurawski):
- The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991 Crossan), book
- Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994 Crossan), book
Nicholas Thomas Wright (Joshua):
- Who Was Jesus? (1992 Wright), book
- The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is (1999 Wright), book
Bruce Chilton & Craig A. Evans (by Deborah Forger):
(4) Thursday Oct 13 (5:30pm-8:30pm) -- The 1990s: Meier & Fredriksen
(5) Thursday Oct 20 (10am-1pm) -- Allison & Ehrman
- Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet (1998 Allison), book
- The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus (2009 Allison), book
- Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History (2010 Allison), book
- Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999 Ehrman), book
- Misquoting Jesus (2005 Ehrman), book
(6) Thu Oct 27, and Fri Oct 28 -- Lecture and Meeting with Daniel Boyarin
(7) Thu Nov 3 (10am-1pm) -- The 2000s (II): Dunn & Freyne
(8) Thu Nov 10 (5:30pm)-- The 2000s (III): Evans & Ratzinger
- Jesus of Nazareth: 1. From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration (2007 Ratzinger / Walker), book (English ed.)
- Jesus of Nazareth: 2. From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection (2011 Ratzinger / Whitmore), book (English ed.)
(9) Thu Nov 17 (10am) -- The 2010s: Casey & Horsley
(--) Wed Nov 23 <Thanksgiving: no class>
(#) Thursday Dec 1 <papers>
(#) Thursday Dec 8 <papers>