Topics in the Relationship of Judaism and Christianity
This course will examine the concept of gift/grace in various New Testament writings and Jewish pseudepigraphical texts. It will stress understanding conceptions of grace/gift in relation to the historical and social contexts within which these authors wrote. It will take as its starting point Marcel Mauss’s The Gift as well as John Barclay's recent work entitled Paul and the Gift.
RELIGST 730
| Unit(s): 3.0 | Level(s): Graduate | Term(s): Winter | Offered?: No | Language?: No |
Matthew Thiessen
Associate Professor, Chair of Undergraduate Affairs