History and Religion of Second Temple Judaism -- The Women's Experience (2018 Boccaccini), course

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History and Religion of Second Temple Judaism -- The Women's Experience is a course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini in the Winter 2018.

Description

Women have shaped religion much more deeply than generally recognized, as active members and leaders in their communities. The course will explore the contribution given by women to ancient Judaism and Christian Origins. We will deal with the powerful and the powerless--queens and rulers as Salome Alexandra, Mariamne, Salome, and Berenice, as well as the everyday life of women and their involvement in the diverse religious and social movements of their time. The study will be done in the context of a general introduction to Second Temple Judaism, the period that by Jews is often described as the one "between the Bible and the Mishnah," and by Christian as "Judaism at the Time of Jesus and the New Testament."

Syllabus

1. Wed Jan 3, 2018:

  • From Monarchy to Priesthood -- The Heroines of the Jewish Tradition

2. Mon Jan 8, 2018:

  • From Polytheism to Monotheism -- The suppression of the Goddesses (Asherah, Hokmah)

3. Wed Jan 10, 2018:

  • The Zadokites and their Opponents -- The Survival of "Wisdom"

< Mon Jan 15, 2018: MLK's Day - no class >

4. Wed Jan 17, 2018:

5. Mon Jan 22, 2018:

6. Wed Jan 23, 2018:

7. Mon Jan 29, 2018:

  • Judith in literature and the arts

8. Wed Jan 31, 2018:

9. Mon Feb 5, 2018:

  • Herod's sons - The Development of Messianism, The Messiah as a Male

10. Wed Feb 7, 2018:

11. Mon Feb 12, 2018:

12. Wed Feb 14, 2018:

13. Mon Feb 19, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (1)

14. Wed Feb 21, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (2)

< Winter Break - Feb 26 & 28, 2018 - no classes >

15. Mon Mar 5, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (3)

16. Wed Mar 7, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (4)

17. Mon Mar 12, 2018:

  • Christian Origins - Jesus and women

18. Wed Mar 14, 2018:

  • Mary of Nazareth & Mary Magdalene

19. Mon Mar 19, 2018:

  • Paul's Women

20. Wed Mar 21, 2018:

21. Mon Mar 26, 2018:

22. Wed Mar 28, 2018:

  • Women Scholars in Second Temple Judaism

23. Mon Apr 2, 2018:

  • Meeting with Deborah Forger.

24. Wed Apr 4, 2018:

  • Wrap-up session.

25. Mon Apr 9, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (1)
  • Jessica Spingstead: "Marriage and Sexuality in Ancient Judaism"
  • # Sarah Snyder: "Women in the Gospel of Mark and Paul"
  • Katelin Yaldo: "Women with Jesus" (from a feminist perspective)
  • #Nisha Patel: "Hasmonean Women and their Role in the Maccabean Period"#

26. Wed Apr 11, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (2)
  • Matthew Malinak, "Adam and Angels"
  • Owen Hurley, "Mary Magdalene and Women in the Gospels" (Mary Magdalene as the Beloved Disciple)
  • Ashley Nye, "Women in the Bible: The Innocent and the Guilty"

27. Mon Apr 16, 2018:

  • Oral Presentations (3)
  • Jhawan Davis, "Qumran and Women"
  • Wyatt Bigley, "Eve's Legacy"
  • Anjali Balani, "Mary and Judith"
  • Brenda Flores, "Missionary Couples"
  • Henry Zou, Paul and Women

28. Wed Apr 18, 2018

  • Oral Presentations (4)
  • Emily Moll, "Development of Marian Devotion in Early Church"
  • Elizabeth Weisberg, "Female Apostles (Mary Magdalene and Junia)"
  • # Lindsey Hayter, "Women in Early Christianity"
  • Peter C. Yousif, "Paul and Veiled Women"

Grading

Grades are based on two oral presentations (the first based on a scholarly book; the second on the topic of your final paper) and on a final exam.

First Oral Presentation

--- <Mon Feb 19>

--- <Wed Feb 21>

  • Matthew Malinak
    • Legacy of Eve: Women of the Bible" (1977 Tischler), book
  • Henry Zou
    • Women in the Bible, Early Qumran, and Early Rabbinic Literature
  • Ashley Nye
    • Women in the Act of Apostles: A feminist liberation perspective (1995) OK

--- <Mon Mar 5>

  • Anjali Balani
    • Women Like This: New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World (1991 Levine)

<<* Rachel E. Woods

  • Jhawan Davis
    • Paul and the Gentile Women (2005 Wiley)

--- <Wed Mar 7>

  • Emily Moll
    • Biblical Affirmations of Women (1979 Swidler) U-M
  • Peter C. Yousif
    • When Women Were Priests (1993 Torjesen)

--- <Mon Mar 12>

History of research

  • Female Excellency; or, The Ladies Glory (1688 Burton), book <I. Deborah the prophetess. II. The valiant Judith. III. Queen Esther. IV. The virtuous Susanna. V. The chast Lucretia. VI. Voadicia queen of Brittain. VII. Mariamne wife to King Herod. VIII. Clotilda queen of France. IX. Andegona princess of Spain.>

Pioneering works

1950s

<Women as minor, marginal characters>

1970s

<Women have an important role in the Bible!>

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Final Paper

  • 1. Pick up a topic of your choice
  • 2. Oral presentation (20m)
  • 3. Written paper (7-10 pages) [by the end of the term]
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