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RELS 3092 is also offered in Fall 2023
RELS 3092 is also offered in Fall 2022
RELS 3092 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | RELS 3092 Section 001: Jesus in History (51667)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
- Meets With:
CNES 1082 Section 001
CNES 3092 Section 001
HIST 1082 Section 001
HIST 3092 Section 001
RELS 1082 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (11 of 11 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Who was Jesus? How can we recover what he said and did? Why was he killed and who did it? Was there agreement about the life and words of Jesus in the earliest stages of Christianity, or were there major disagreements even then? How were the early writers about Jesus influenced by their social, political, and religious contexts? And why was it reported in the news recently that Jesus was married? In this course we examine the earliest attempts to describe Jesus and his significance in the gospel literature of the first and second centuries and beyond. We ask how historians may claim to "know" the "facts" of Jesus's life and meaning in light of these various portraits. We seek to understand how the different literary presentations of Jesus reflect their authors' social, religious, and political situations. We aim to understand in more detail the diversity of perspectives about Jesus from the earliest stage of the development of Christianity. Intended as a course of interest to all undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. Students of any, all, or no religious background are welcome.
- Class Notes:
- The lecture portion of this course meets asynchronously.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51667/1213
Spring 2021 | RELS 3092 Section 003: Jesus in History (52110)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
- Meets With:
CNES 3092 Section 002
HIST 3092 Section 003
RELS 3092 Section 002
CNES 3092 Section 003
- Times and Locations:
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (11 of 11 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Who was Jesus? How can we recover what he said and did? Why was he killed and who did it? Was there agreement about the life and words of Jesus in the earliest stages of Christianity, or were there major disagreements even then? How were the early writers about Jesus influenced by their social, political, and religious contexts? And why was it reported in the news recently that Jesus was married? In this course we examine the earliest attempts to describe Jesus and his significance in the gospel literature of the first and second centuries and beyond. We ask how historians may claim to "know" the "facts" of Jesus's life and meaning in light of these various portraits. We seek to understand how the different literary presentations of Jesus reflect their authors' social, religious, and political situations. We aim to understand in more detail the diversity of perspectives about Jesus from the earliest stage of the development of Christianity. Intended as a course of interest to all undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. Students of any, all, or no religious background are welcome.
- Class Notes:
- This discussion section meets online synchronously at the designated meeting time.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52110/1213
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