HIS104 READING SET 2
Judeo-Hellenic-Roman Christian Roots of Western Civilization
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Required Readings A Tale of Three Cities Michael M. Eisman The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Jun., 1978), pp. 47-60 Proto-Racism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity Benjamin Isaac World Archaeology, Vol. 38, No. 1, Race, Racism and Archaeology (Mar., 2006), pp. 32-47 Judaism in Roman and Christian Society Robert L. Wilken The Journal of Religion, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct., 1967), pp. 313-330 Jews, Hebrews and Christians: Some Needed Distinctions Robert Murray Novum Testamentum, Vol. 24, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1982), pp. 194-208 Jews and Christians in Late Roman Palestine: Towards a New Chronology Dennis E. Groh The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), pp. 80-96 Why was Jesus Brought to Pilate? Tibor Horvath Novum Testamentum, Vol. 11, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1969), pp. 174-184 Jesus' Legal Theory: A Rabbinic Reading Chaim Saiman Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2007/2008), pp. 97-130 Why Were the Early Christians Persecuted? G. E. M. de Ste. Croix Past & Present, No. 26 (Nov., 1963), pp. 6-38 The Martyrdom of Polycarp: Death in the Roman Games Leonard L. Thompson The Journal of Religion, Vol. 82, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 27-52 Church and State Relations: The Changes Wrought by Constantine Gregory T. Armstrong Journal of Bible and Religion, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan., 1964), pp. 1-7 Theological Concepts of Magistracy: A Study of Constantinus, Henry VIII, and John F. Kennedy Charles J. Speel Church History, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Jun., 1963), pp. 130-149 Christianity and Politics: PART I. The Hope of the Early Church Thomas C. Hall The Biblical World, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan., 1913), pp. 20-25 Christianity and Politics: PART II. The Fatal Compromise Thomas C. Hall he Biblical World, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Feb., 1913), pp. 86-91 |
Optional Further Readings and
References A Clash of Civilizations? The Influence of Religion on Public Opinion of U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East Jody C. Baumgartner, Peter L. Francia, Jonathan S. Morris Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Jun., 2008), pp. 171-179 Myth and History: A General Model and Its Application to the Bible Karin R. Andriolo American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 83, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 261-284 The Etymology of "Ghetto": New Evidence from Rome Sandra Debenedetti-Stow Jewish History, Vol. 6, No. 1/2, The Frank Talmage Memorial Volume (1992), pp. 79-85 Antisemitism in Hellenistic Alexandria Angelo Segré Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1946), pp. 127-136 Legislation against the Christians T. D. Barnes The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 58, Parts 1 and 2 (1968), pp. 32-50 The Trial of Jesus T. A. Burkill Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May, 1958), pp. 1-18 The Roman Law of Blackmail R. H. Helmholz The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (January 2001), pp. 33-52 The Interdiction of Magic in Roman Law Clyde Pharr Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 63 (1932), pp. 269-295 Cruel and Unusual Punishment in the Roman Empire and Dynastic China Barrington Moore Jr. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 14, No. 4, (Summer, 2001), pp. 729-772 The Source of Our Information regarding the Life of Jesus Lucius Hopkins Miller The Biblical World, Vol. 42, No. 5 (Nov., 1913), pp. 290-303 Elements for an Analysis of the Gospel Text: The Death of Jesus Gerard Bucher MLN, Vol. 86, No. 6, Comparative Literature (Dec., 1971), pp. 835-844 The Religion of Jesus Shirley Jackson Case The American Journal of Theology, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1910), pp. 234-252 The Real Jesus William P. Merrill The Biblical World, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Aug., 1909), pp. 104-110 The Revolutionary Attitude of Jesus Samuel Dickey The Biblical World, Vol. 50, No. 5 (Nov., 1917), pp. 276-282 Did Jesus Teach Christian Socialism? C. C. Arbuthnot The Biblical World, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Mar., 1913), pp. 147-161 Jesus' Opponents in the Gospel of Mark Joseph C. Weber, Jr. Journal of Bible and Religion, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul., 1966), pp. 214-222 Jesus' Arrest and Trial Orlo J. Price The Biblical World, Vol. 36, No. 5 (Nov., 1910), pp. 345-353 The Date of Death of Jesus of Nazareth Leo Depuydt Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 2002), pp. 466-480 Christians and the Roman Army A.D. 173-337 John Helgeland Church History, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Jun., 1974), pp. 149-163+200 Suetonius Claudius 25.4, Acts 18, and Paulus Orosius' "Historiarum Adversum Paganos LibriVII:" Dating the Claudian Expulsion(s) of Roman Jews Dixon Slingerland The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 83, No. 1/2 (Jul. - Oct., 1992), pp. 127-144 Review: The Creeds of Nicea and Constantinople Reexamined David Larrimore Holland Church History, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), pp. 248-261 The True Face of Constantine the Great David H. Wright Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 41, Studies on Art and Archeology in Honor of Ernst Kitzinger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday (1987), pp. 493-507 Constantine's Vision of the Cross Oliver Nicholson Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2000), pp. 309-323 The Metamorphosis of Constantine Barbara Saylor Rodgers The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1 (1989), pp. 233-24 God and Constantine: Divine Sanction for Imperial Rule in the First Christian Emperor's Early Letters and Art Charles Odahl he Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 81, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 327-352 The 'Donation of Constantine' Henry Charles Lea The English Historical Review, Vol. 10, No. 37 (Jan., 1895), pp. 86-87 Arius: Twice a Heretic? Arius and the Human Soul of Jesus Christ William P. Haugaard Church History, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1960), pp. 251-263 |