Calendar

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)

Citation: Anderson, G. (2006, September 07). Calendar. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/foundations-of-theology-biblical-and-historical/Calendar.html.