FROM THE MACCABEAN REVOLT TO THE FALL OF THE SECOND TEMPLE Schedule and Sources for February 7 to March 7, 2005 Monday, February 7: The Maccabean Revolt, Martyrdom, and Resurrection of the Body *Daniel 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12 (HB) *2 Maccabees 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7 (OTA) Segal, pp. 262-72, 285-93 Class handout Thursday, February 10: Early Historical Apocalypses: Eschatology and Crisis *Book of Dreams: 1 Enoch 83-90 (OTP) *Epistle of Enoch: 1 Enoch 91-97, 99-100 (OTP) *Jubilees 23 (OTP) Segal, pp. 351-56, 360-63 Class handout Monday, February 14: Eschatology in the Qumran community *Selections from the Dead Sea Scrolls [to be distributed in class] Segal, pp. 294-308 Class handout Thursday, February 17: Body, Soul, and Immortality in Hellenistic Judaism *Wisdom of Solomon 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 9; 12; 15 (OTA) *2 Enoch 1-22 (OTP) (OTP) *Philo of Alexandria, Legum Allegoriarum 1.105-108; Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 237-240; 275-283; De Cherubim 113-14 Segal, pp. 224-37, 363-75, 498-99 Class handout Monday, February 21 + Thursday, February 24: SPRING BREAK – NO CLASSES! Monday, February 28: MIDTERM TEST! MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE Thursday, March 3: Jesus, the Jesus Movement, and First-Century Judaism * Mark 12-13 * Matthew 7; 19:1-12; 22:23-33; 24-25 * Luke 7:1-17; 8:41-56; 12:22-31; 16:19-31; 20:27-40 * John 3; 11 *Josephus, Jewish War 6.403-20; 7.389-406; Jewish Antiquities 18.11-23 Segal, pp. 375-96 Class handout Monday, March 7: The Messiah, the Heavens, and the Eschaton * Romans 5–8 (NT) * 1 Corinthians 15 (NT) * 2 Corinthians 12:1-6 (NT) *Similitudes of Enoch, esp. 45-47 (1 Enoch 37-71; OTP) Segal, pp. 356-59, 399-410, 416-38 Class handout Assignments: Jan 6 to 20 | Jan 24 to Feb 3 | Feb 7 to March 7 | March 10 to April 4 McMaster University || Department of Religious Studies Annette Yoshiko Reed - Email, Homepage