| Title: | Jew/Gentile: Christian Origins |
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| Course Section Number: | REL-260-02 |
| Department: | Religion |
| Description: | REL 290: Jew, Gentile, and the Origins of Christianity Jesus and Paul were not Christians. For centuries their ideas and theological claims were read as incompatible with ancient Judaism; reflective rather of a radically new, emerging Christian theology. The parting of the ways between Christianity and Judaism begins with them, or so it was said. In this class, we will explore reading the New Testament 'within Judaism' through comparison with the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish texts from antiquity. Did Jesus and Paul have any issues with their ancestral religion as such or only with other sects? Was it a problem to include Gentiles in the movement? Moreover, we will press into the second century and see why scholars posit Christianity as a product of this period. Paul could say to Peter that they are not "Gentile sinners" without skipping a beat. But by the second century, "we gentiles" is a cypher for Christians. How does the inclusion of Gentiles into a Jewish sect transform into a movement in which Christianity is 'not Judaism'? |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 19, 2026 |
| End Date: | May 9, 2026 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/20/2026-05/07/2026 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Center Hall, Room 215
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| Faculty: | Campbell, Warren |
Course Status
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REL-260-02
Jew/Gentile: Christian Origins |
OPEN | Religion | 15 | 0 / 15 / 0 |