AFTER THE FALL OF THE SECOND TEMPLE Schedule and Sources for March 10 to April 4, 2005 Thursday, March 10: Eschatology, Resurrection, and the Kingdom of God in the NT * Mark 14-16 (NT) * Matthew 26-28 (NT) * Luke 22-24 (NT) * John 13-21 (NT) * Acts 1; 7 (NT) Segal, pp. 442-77, 480-81 Monday, March 14: Post-70 Apocalypses: 4 Ezra *4 Ezra (all; OTA/OTP) Segal, pp. 491-98 Class handout Thursday, March 17: Post-70 Apocalypses: Revelation *Revelation (all; NT) Segal, pp. 481-90 Class handout Monday, March 21: Martyrdom and Martyrologies in Early Judaism and Christianity *4 Maccabees (OTA/OTP) *Story of the 10 Martyrs [to be distributed in class] *Ignatius, Epistle to the Romans *Martyrdom of Polycarp (NTA) *Passion of Perpetua Segal, pp. 532-34, 541-46, 558-60 Class handout Thursday, March 24: Resurrection and Judgment in Early Patristic Literature *Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V 5, 6, 12, 35 *Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh 1-15; 40-58 Segal, pp. 564-95 Class handout Monday, March 28: Resurrection and Judgment in Early Rabbinic Judaism *Mishnah: m. Sanhedrin 10; m. Hagigah 2.1 Segal, pp. 598-619 PAPERS DUE! PAPER GUIDELINES Class handout Thursday, March 31: Cosmology, Eschatology, and the Diversity of Late Antique Christianity *Ascension of Isaiah 6-11 (OTP) *Apocalypse of Paul (NTA) *Coptic Apocalypse of Paul (NHL) Segal, pp. 499-503, 534-41, 546-58, 560-64 Class handout Monday, April 4: Cosmology, Eschatology, and the Diversity of Late Antique Judaism *Babylonian Talmud: b. Hagigah 11b-12b *Selections from 3 Enoch/Sefer Hekhalot [to be handed out in class] *Deuteronomy Rabbah, 11:10 to end Segal, pp. 503-5, 511-17, 619-38 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