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Session Topic Readings (Biblical and Secondary) Key Dates
  1  Introduction    
 2 How to Read the Bible    
 3 Primeval History Genesis 1-11  
 4 Call of Abram Genesis 11-13; Levenson, Death, 82-88  
 5 Quiz #1   Quiz #1 
 6 Life of Abraham Genesis 13-24; 25:12-28; 29:31-30:24; Levenson, Death, 88-110  
 7 Joseph, Part I Genesis 37-50 (skim 25-36); Levenson, Death, 143-156   
 8 Optional Session: The Bible & Prayer Casey, "Lectio Divina"   
 9 Joseph, Part II Genesis 37-50; Levenson, Death, 161-169   
 10 Covenant Formulary Exodus 1-5; 12:1-36; 13:17-15:21; 19-21; Joshua 24; Levenson, Sinai and Zion, 22-36   
 11 Quiz #2   Quiz #2 
 12 The Law Exodus 20:1-17; Leviticus 19:9-10; 25:23-25; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Sirach 3:1-16; Levenson, Sinai and Zion, 56-70   
 13 Ruth Ruth   
 14 No Class    
 15 Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 6-9; 18-19   
 16 The Golden Calf Exodus 32-34; Numbers 13-14   
  17  Optional Session: Catholic and Protestant Bibles Harper Collins Study Bible, xxxvii-xl; Vatican II: "Dei Verbum"  
 18 Jonah, Part I Jonah; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; Joel 2:13; Nehemiah 9:17  
 19 Jonah, Part II Jonah; Simon, Jonah, 22-38  
 20 Quiz #3   Quiz #3 
 21 The Exile and Eschatology Read these pairs in tandem: Jeremiah 25:1-14 and Daniel 9; 2 Chronicles 36 and Ezra 1-3;  Isaiah 40:1-11 and Mark 1:1-8; Isaiah 2:1-4; Daniel 7; McBride, "Biblical Literature in Historical Context"  
 22 Jesus, The Exile, and the Gospel of Mark Mark 1:1-8:21  
 23 No Class    
 24 The Passion in the Gospel of Mark Mark 8:22-10:52  
 25 Jesus and Chosenness Mark 11:1-16:8   
 26 Quiz #4   Quiz #4 
 27 Resurrection Ezekiel 36-37; Matthew 28; Luke 24; Acts 1:1-11; Romans 6:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15   
 28 Jewish Law and Early Christianity Genesis 17; Matthew 5:17-48; Acts 15; Galatians 5:2-15   
 29 Optional Session: the Immaculate Conception Luke 1   
 30 The Season of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37; Seitz, "Isaiah in the New Testament"; Pontifical Biblical Commision   
 31 Doctrine of Original Sin Romans 5:12-21; Anderson, "Biblical Origins and the Problem of the Fall"   
 32 Quiz #5   Quiz #5 
 33 Doctrine of Creation Genesis 1:1-2:4; Proverbs 8:22-31; Sirach 24; John 1:1-18  
 34 Doctrine of Atonement Athanasius, "On the Incarnation," pp. 55-65  
 35 Optional Review Session    
 36 Quiz #6   Quiz #6 
 37 No Class    
 38 Handing Jesus over to Death Mark 14-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; Anderson, "Joseph and the Passion of our Lord"; Ackley, "Christ Presented to the People"  
 39 Poverty of Spirit (Johannes Baptist Metz) Genesis 2-3; Matthew 4:1-11; Philippians 2:6-11; Metz, Poverty of Spirit; Percy, Lost in the Cosmos, 10-17 (optional)  
 40 Optional Session: The Blessed Virgin Mary    
 41 The Creed Philippians 2:6-11; The Nicene Creed; Steinmetz, "Uncovering a Second Narrative"   
 42 The Creed (continued)    
Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Anderson, G. (2006, September 07). Calendar. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/foundations-of-theology-biblical-and-historical/Calendar.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License