Graduate Studies in Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman
Period:
Topics in the Advanced Seminar Religious Studies 735
University of Pennsylvania: Religious Studies Department,
Robert A. Kraft, coordinator
The current topic is
2006 (Fall) Papyrology
Summary of Topics in RelSt 735 (formerly RelTh 715)
This Seminar has met formally or informally since 1964, and has often
attempted to correlate its focus with the announced topics of the
Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins (PSCO) or with the
Society of Biblical Literature Pseudepigrapha Group (or with other
pertinent programs).
1964/65 Gospel of Thomas from Nag Hammadi (PSCO, Gnosticism)
1965/66 General Orientation to the Field
1966/67 The Problem of "Heresy" (see
PSCO, with the focus on
Bauer's Orthodoxy/Heresy)
1967/68 "Jewish Christianity" (
PSCO)
1968/69 Use of Jewish Scriptures by Early Christian Authors
1969/70 [Kraft on leave]
1970/71
Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila (ET draft)
1971/72
Paraleipomena Jeremiou (ET draft, Gk ed;
SBL Pseudepigrapha Series 1) [see also below, 1996/7, 2001/2]
1972/73
University Museum Papyri Collection
1973/74 Greek Jewish Scriptures
1974/75 Ezra Traditions and Apocalypses (ET drafts)
1975/76 [Kraft on leave]
1976/77 Seth Traditions (SBL Pseudep)
1977/78 (with M.E.Stone) Revered Figures in Jewish and Christian
Traditions: Seth, Enoch, Moses, Ezra (SBL Pseudep)
1978/79 Greek Jewish Scriptures (NEH Feasability Study)
1979/80 Profiles of Righteous Persons (SBL Pseudep)
1980/81 ?? [check with Ted B. and Ben W.]
1981/82 (with E.Tov) Greek Translation in Antiquity [TedB thinks
80/81]
1982/83 (with M.E.Stone) Translational and Redactional Features in
4 Ezra [TedB thinks 81/82]
1983/84
5th Ezra (and its
recensions) and 6th Ezra [TedB thinks 82/83; but rak's
notes are dated 83/84]
1984/85 (with E.A.Matter) Origen Against Kelsos (PSCO) and Early
Latin Translations of Origen: CommMt, HomJeremiah
1985/86 (with E.Tov) Ancient Greek Translation of the Minor
Prophets
1986/87
Epistle of Barnabas
1987/88 [Kraft on leave in Fall] Computer Assisted Papyrus
Reconstruction
1988/89 Translation Activity in Antiquity, esp. Philo's Etymologies
1989/90 ?? [more Philo??]
1990/91
Joseph and Aseneth
1991/92 Jewish Texts and their Christian Transmitters
1992/93
Recensions
1993/94
Attitudes to "Scripture" in Pseudepigrapha (HBOT Project)
1994/95
Textual Criticism, with focus on CATSS Variants Project
1995/96 [Kraft on sabbatical at CAJS]
1996/97
Extracanonical Jeremiah Traditions, esp ParJer, VitProph [also Ross
Kraemer group on
Apocryphal Acts & Women]
1997/98 [with Ross Kraemer]
Ancient Sources and Women Studies
1998/99 [with Ross Kraemer]
Religion in Ancient Asia Minor
1999/2000 [with Ross Kraemer]
Ritual Theory, with Special Attention to Egypt
2000/01 Textual Criticism [see above, 1994/95] and Papyrology [see
above, 1972/73]
2001/02
Paraleipomena Jeremiou [see also above, 1971/72, 1996/97]
and the
current work files
2002/03 "Parabiblical
Literature" in early Judaism and early Christianity (PSCO topic)
2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06 not offered
2006 (Fall) Papyrology (see also
above 1972/73, 2000/2001)
2007 (Spring) History and
Historiography, Josephus to Eusebius
Last modified: 27 October 2006
Robert Kraft (kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)