REL 464 - The Inter-Testamental Era

Study Topics and Assignments

There will be a weekly reading report or essay on the week's topics, usually due 9am Monday of the following week. Reports should be sent by email, as an attachment to, or copied into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com

Dates are for the Spring Semester, 2010

Click on the Weeks to go to the Assignments

  • Week 1 - The Last Years of the Kingdom of Judah - due 9 am Monday, January 25
  • Week 2 - The Babylonian Exile, Daniel - due 9 am Monday, February 1
  • Week 3 - Ezra, Nehemiah : Restoration and Reform - due 9 am Monday, February 8
  • Week 4 - Persia - due 9 am Tuesday, February 16
  • Week 5 - The Greek-Persian Wars, Esther - due 9 am Tuesday, February 22
  • Week 6 - Alexander the Great - due 9 am Monday, March 1
  • Week 7 - Ptolemies and Seleucids, Maccabees and Hasmoneans - due 9 am Monday, March 8
  • Mid Term Exam due midnight, WEDNESDAY, March 10
  • Week 8 - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) - due 9 am Monday, March 15
  • Week 9 - Phoenicia, Carthage and Rome - due 9 am Monday, March 29 - one week later because of the Spring Break
  • Week 10 - The Punic Wars - due 9 am Monday, April 5
  • Week 11 - Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony, Cleopatra VII, the Roman occupation of Israel - due 9 am Monday, April 12
  • Week 12 - Herod, Pharisees, Saduccees, Essenes, Zealots - due 9 am Monday, April 19
  • Week 13 - The Roman Emperors - due 9 am Monday, April 26
  • Week 14 - Jewish Revolts, Josephus, Rabbinic Judaism, the Early Church, the Canon of Scripture - due 9 am Monday, May 3
  • Week 15 - The Pseudepigrapha and other non-canonical literature - due 9 am Monday, May 10
  • Final Exam, will be due midnight, WEDNESDAY May 12

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Dr. Rollinson

Department of Religion
ENMU
Portales, NM 88130

Last Updated: January 7, 2010

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