RLCL-3414: Jesus in Earliest Christianity
Description: Literary survey of the various representations of Jesus of Nazareth in canonical and apocryphal Christian literature of the first four centuries. Perspectives on Jesus and the interpretive authority involved in producing such variety. Ancient and modern interpretive frameworks for understanding the person and legacy of Jesus in earliest Christianity, including historical-critical frameworks, redaction criticism, genre criticism, and other literary methods. Analyses of modern religious/political discourses as continuations of ancient theological debates. Emphasis on developing skills in critical thinking and close reading of early Christian texts as a means of understanding the religion(s) and histories of the earliest Christians.
Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 5
Average GPA: 3.57 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 42.50%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.25%
| Shaily Patel | 2022 | 67.7% | 22.2% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 3.64 | 2 |
| Matthew D Litwa | 2016 | 66.6% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.67 | 1 |
| Elizabeth S Malbon | 2015 | 77.0% | 23.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.68 | 1 |
| Ducharme Candace L Buckner | 2021 | 50.0% | 28.6% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 3.24 | 1 |