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Civilization Sequence Program
CVSP 207I : Religion as Text and Tradition
READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE Spring 2011-2012
All sessions in Room 409, Nicely Hall, MWF, 11:00 AM |
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Date |
Lecture |
Assignment |
| Feb 13-17 |
Introduction / polytheisms |
Sophocles, Oedipus the King, in The Three Theban Plays (trans. Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics). |
| Feb 20-24 |
Greek Tragedy |
Sophocles, Oedipus the King (continued) |
| Feb 27-Mar 2 |
Greek Rationalism |
CVSP Reading Selection. Plato, The Republic (trans. Desmond Lee, Penguin). |
| Mar 5-9 |
Hebrew Scriptures*
( The Law ) |
CVSP Reading Selection. The Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 1-15; Exodus 1-3 and 19-20 ; Deuteronomy 6-7. ( and) The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Story of the Flood” |
| Mar 12-16 |
Hebrew Scriptures*
( The Prophets ) |
CVSP Reading Selection. The Jerusalem Bible, Jonah ; Ezekiel 16-18; Daniel 7, 12. |
| Mar 19-23 |
Christian Scriptures*
( Gospels ) |
CVSP Reading Selection. The Jerusalem Bible, Luke 1-22; John 1 and 12-21. |
| Mar 26-31 |
Christian Scriptures*
( Community ) |
CVSP Reading Selection. The Jerusalem Bible, Acts 1-4; 1 Corinthians 1-2; 13-15. |
| Apr 2-5 |
Islamic Scriptures* |
CVSP Reading Selection. The Qurʾān (translation Tarif Khalidy, Viking, 2008): al-Fātiḥa (The Opening); al-Baqara (The Cow), 2: 14-23, 255-286; Āl ʿImrān (The House of ‘Imran), 3: 55-68; al-Aʿrāf (The Battlements), 7: 1-32, 172-175. |
| Apr 6-9 |
Latin Easter Vacation |
(Apr 11 CLASS SESSION) CVSP Reading Selection. The Qurʾān (translation Tarif Khalidy, Viking, 2008): al-Ḥijr (al-Hijr), 15: 26-50; al-Muddathir (Enfolded), 74; al-Qiyāma (Resurrection), 75; al-Insān (Man), 76; al-ʿAlaq (The Blood Clot), 96; al-Ikhlāṣ (True Devotion), 112. |
| Apr 13-16 |
Greek Orthodox Easter Vacation |
(APR 17-20 Class sessions) CVSP Reading Selections from The Qurʾān (continued) |
| Apr 23-27 |
Islamic theology & jurisprudence (fiqh) |
CVSP Selections from al-Sha fi‘i and al-Mawardi.
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| Apr 30-May 4 |
Islamic ascetic & mystical experience |
CVSP Reading Selections from Al-Muhasibi and Al-Ghazali. |
| May 7-11 |
Roman philosophy |
CVSP selections from Stoicism & Plotinus |
| May 14-18 |
Christian philosophy/theology |
CVSP Reading Selections TBA |
| May 21-25 |
(no new item) |
(no new item) |