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Ancient Greek Politics, Society, and Culture
Seminar Topics
Miniature
of St. Luke from a Byzantine Gospel Book, 11th-12th century A.D., Mich.
Ms. 22
For Friday, Week 1
Everyone read: "Historical Background," in Stambaugh and Balch, The New Testament in its Social Environment (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986) 13-36.
Hellenistic Society and Economy
Chapters 3-4 on Society and Economy in Stambaugh and Balch, The
New Testament in its Social Environment
Judaism during the first century
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H. Koester, "History of the Jewish Religion," in History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age, Vol. 1.
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R. Kraemer, "Jewish Women" in Kraemer and D'Angelo, eds. Women and Christian Origins
Greco-Roman cults during the first century
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H. Koester, "The Development of Greek Religion," and "The New Religions" in History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age, Vol. 1.
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L. LiDonnici, "Women's Religions and Religious Lives in the Greco-Roman city," in Kraemer and D'Angelo, eds. Women and Christian Origins
Christians as the Romans Saw Them
R. Wilken, "Pliny: A Roman Gentleman," and "Christianity as Burial Society," in Christians as the Romans Saw Them
For Monday, Week 4
Everyone read Plato's Apology and Crito in translation. Check out the study guides and links on the web resources page
The intellectual background to Socrates and Plato: The Sophists
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the phusis/nomos controversy (Kerferd, The Sophistic Movement, ch10)
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the sophists' theory of society (Kerferd, ch12)
Classical Rhetoric and its influence on Crito and Acts
George A. Kennedy, "Rhetorical Criticism," pp. 3-38, and "Speech of Stephen before the Council," pp. 121-22, in New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism
Reading Plato as Drama
Thomas Payne, "The Crito as Mythological Mime," Interpretation 11 (1983) 1-23.
The Crito and Civil Disobedience
Martin Yaffe, "Civil Disobedience and the Opinion of the Many: Plato's Crito," The Modern Schoolman 54 (1977) 123-36. or
Herrera, C. D. "Civil Disobedience and Plato's Crito." The Southern Journal of Philosophy 33, no. 1, 1995.