| Course Title: Topics in Religion: 'Knowing God' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course examines the following key texts from the ancient world that treat significantly the problem of knowing God and the mystery enveloping such knowledge: Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Plato's Phaedo, Cicero's Concerning the Nature of the Gods, Job, Paul's Epistle to the Romans, and others. Attention is also given to the different ways of thinking about the divine and human natures in these works, which are broadly reflective of Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian value systems. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Bruce Arnold | 413-538-2872 | barnold@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 02:55PM - 04:10PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 218 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| CLASS-260-01 Knowing God |
| RELIG-225KG-01 Knowing God |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Theban Plays Author: Sophocles, Copyright: 2003 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780872205857 Publisher: Hackett Classics |
Required | 13.00 |
| Title: Plato: Phaedo Author: tr. Brann, Kalkavage & Salem, Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780941051699 Publisher: Focus |
Required | 10.95 |
| Title: Cicero: The Nature of the Gods Author: tr. P.G. Walsh, Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780199540068 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 13.95 |
| Title: The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version Author: , Copyright: 2018 Edition: 5th Volume: ISBN: 9780190276089 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Optional | 35.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at The Odyssey Bookshop |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Any Bible that you use or have access to is fine. Different translations will only add to our class discussion. The published list prices for these books are, in some cases, much higher than you can find, especially used copies through either the Odyssey or Amazon. |