Course Catalog - 2005-2006

     

RELI 308 - GOSPEL AND TRADITION

Long Title: GOSPEL AND TRADITION
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: An examination of the Synoptic Problem--one of the major unresolved issues in the study of ancient, Western textual traditions! Exploration of orality, narrativity and memorial arbitration exposes the inadequacies of the present historical model, and suggests a reconceptualization of the issue of the genesis of the Christian foundation stories. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 506.