Schedule
Introduction to the Course |
Monday, Jan. 4 |
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GREECE: THE MYTH OF LAW
Background reading: Traditions & Encounters, pp. 230-257
What is Myth? |
Wednesday, Jan. 6 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 1-9 |
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Death and its Discontents |
Friday, Jan. 8 |
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1. Classical Tragedy, pp. 253-295 |
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Athens and Sparta |
Monday, Jan. 11 |
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1. Class Reader, pp. 10-23 |
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Reason in the Public Sphere |
Wednesday, Jan. 13 |
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1. Trial and Death of Socrates, pp. 1-41 2, The prompt for Paper #1 will be handed out today in section. For this paper you are required to read the article entitled, “Female Control of Funeral Rites in Greek Tragedy,” in the Class Reader, pages 227-241. |
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Sex and its Discontents |
Friday, Jan. 15 |
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1. Classical Tragedy , pp. 367-431 |
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Divinity and its Discontents |
Wednesday, Jan. 20 |
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1. Classical Tragedy , pp. 367-431 |
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THE HEBREWS: THE MYTH OF COMMUNITY
Background reading: Traditions & Encounters, pp. 30-57
Myth Revisited: The Babylonian “Enuma Elish” and the Biblical “Creation” |
Friday, Jan. 22 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 24-36 2. Hebrew Bible: Genesis 1-9 |
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King Josiah’s God & the Ideology of Covenant in the Formation of Biblical History |
Monday, Jan. 25 |
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1. Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings 22-23; Deuteronomy 28; Genesis 10-25 |
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Human Partnership with God and the Idea of a Holy People |
Wednesday, Jan. 27 |
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1. Hebrew Bible: Exodus 1-24; Leviticus 11, 17-26 |
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Who Were the Israelites? Archaeological Hypotheses and Biblical Myths |
Friday, Jan. 29 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 37-49 2. Hebrew Bible: Joshua 1-7; Judges 2, 6-8, Genesis 12:7-8, Exodus 24, Deuteronomy 9 |
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The Monarchy: Prophets and Kings |
Monday, Feb. 1 |
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1. Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel 7-31; 2 Samuel 5:1-5:5, 7; 1 Kings 11-13; Psalm 89 |
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Exile and Return: The Formation of Judaism |
Wednesday, Feb. 3 |
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1. Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah 1-3, 7-8, 20, 26, 33, 40-45, 52; Psalms 137; Ezra 1, 7:11-7:28; Nehemiah 8; Haggai; Zechariah 12-14; Daniel 7 (This looks like a lot, but it is actually only 27 pages) |
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MIDTERM EXAM |
Friday, Feb. 5 |
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Click here for a description of the test. |
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CHINA: THE MYTH OF ORDER
Background reading: Traditions & Encounters, pp. 108-131, 180-204
The Earliest Traditions: Shang Settlements, Zhou States, and the Search for Order |
Monday, Feb. 8 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 50-59 |
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Morality, Hierarchy, and Social Order |
Wednesday, Feb. 10 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 60-69 |
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Order is Disorder, Except for When Disorder is Order, Or Maybe Not: The Taoists |
Friday, Feb. 12 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 70-86 |
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Authority as Order in the Qin |
Wednesday, Feb. 17 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 87-97 |
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INDIA, part 1: THE MYTH OF POWER
Background reading: Traditions & Encounters, pp. 86-106, 206-229
Nature and Civilization at the Beginning of Indian History |
Friday, Feb. 19 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 98-105 |
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Playing with Agni’s Fire: The Brahmins’ Ritual Cosmogony |
Monday, Feb. 22 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 106-128 |
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Playing with Inner Fire: The Sages’ Inner Reality |
Wednesday, Feb. 24 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 129-149 |
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Dharma and Its Discontents |
Friday, Feb. 26 |
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1. Bhagavad Gita, pp. 21-81 |
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You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry, You Better Not Shout, I’m Telling You Why: Krisha Loves You |
Monday, March 1 |
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1. Bhagavad Gita, pp. 83-113, 127-154 |
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INDIA, part 2: THE MYTH OF FREEDOM
Life of the Buddha |
Wednesday, March 3 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 150-171 |
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Early Wisdom: Desire and its Discontents |
Friday, March 5 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 172-180 |
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Giving Fruit, Fruitful Giving |
Monday, March 8 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 182-205 |
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Mahayana Wisdom: Reality and its Discontents |
Wednesday, March 10 |
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1. Course Reader, pp. 206-212 |
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Law, Order, Community, Freedom, Power: The Myth of “Great Classical Traditions” |
Friday, March 12 |
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FINAL EXAM |
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 11:30am – 2:30 pm |
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Click here for a description of the test. |
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