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
  • 2007 (Spring) History and Historiography, Josephus to Eusebius

    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
  • 2007 (Fall) Greco-Roman Realia (papyri, coins, art, archetecture, etc.)
  • 2008 (Spring) Ancient Book Technology: Early Development of the Christian Book
  • 2008 (Fall) Textual Criticism

    • Last modified: 09 September 2008

    Robert Kraft (kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)