To view the PDFs, you will of course need a PDF reader. For the DjVu files, you will need a DjVu reader. Browser plugins for Windows and Mac OSX are available from Caminova; Linux users can likely just install the djviewlibre package using their distro's package management system. A list of other DjVu resources is maintained at djvu.org. Why DjVu? Because DjVu is a file format specifically designed for scanned text: The DjVu encoder produces files that are typically much smaller than the corresponding PDFs. The DjVu files below, for example, are less then 20% the size of the PDFs.
Note: If you print these files, make sure you print them in the correct mode: 'landscape' or 'portrait'. In particular, two-to-a-page scanned pages should be printed in landscape mode, so that they come out the way they were photocopied. You will get very small text and a lot of blank paper if you print them portrait.
| 12 September | Introductory Meeting |
| 19 September |
Readings from the Jewish and Christian Scriptures The above links are to the New Revised Standard Version. You are welcome to read whatever translation you wish. |
| 26 September |
Richard Rubinstein, "Covenant and Divinity: The Holocaust and the Problematics of Religious Faith", Parts I (djvu, double-page pdf, single-page pdf) and II (djvu, double-page pdf, single-page pdf), in After Auschwitz, pp. 157-76 and 177-200 Rachel H, Elizabeth Amy-Jill Levine, "Matthew, Mark, and Luke: Good News or Bad?" (djvu, double-page pdf, single-page pdf), and Adele Reinhartz, "The Gospel of John: How 'the Jews' Became Part of the Plot" (djvu, double-page pdf, single-page pdf), in Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism, ed by Paula Fredriksen and Adele Reinhartz Rachel K, Cara Please also have a quick look at the following. You do not need to read all of them, but you should read some of each, so as to have a personal understanding of the depth and ferocity of Christian anti-Judaism, even in some of Christianity's most celebrated thinkers. Part XI of Luther's book is especially terrifying. Martin Luther, On the Jews and Their Lies, Parts I and XI (HTML, PDF), and Saint John Chrysostom, Against the Jews, Homily I (HTML, PDF) |
| 3 October | William Jones, Is God a White Racist? |
| 10 October |
No Class: Columbus Day Holiday |
| 17 October |
Paula Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ |
| 24 October |
Alan Segal, Rebecca's Children |
| 31 October |
Elaine Pagels, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent |
| 7 November |
Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, Proverbs of Ashes |
| 14 November |
Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, Proverbs of Ashes, Part III Beatrix, Ben Chen Jon Levenson, The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son, Part I John C, Emily |
| 21 November |
Jon Levenson, The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son |
| 28 November |
Elaine Pagels, Beyond Belief |
| 5 December |
Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church |
| 15 December |
Final Exam Paper Due |