Resources for Studies of the Bible & Early Christianity

Compiled by Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D.

07 April 2008

CURRENT COURSES
Spring 2008

• RL 101 D V: Introduction to Religious Studies
• RL 205 S V CS: Introduction to New Testament

COMING ATTRACTIONS
Summer 2008

Fall 2008

• RL 480 CS: Introduction to Canon Law

• RL 400 W CS: Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

SPECIAL PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS

• 2006 Catholic Cemetery Conference: Canonical Funeral Rites & Rights (handout)
• Integrating Field Research Into the Introductory Course
• Maltz Museum Exhibit Talk, The Cradle of Christianity (handout)
• "Counting the Women and Children: Recovering the Lost History of Formative Judaism and Early Christianity"—a slide-lecture presentation for the JCU-Maltz Museum Symposium "Shared Values, Divergent Paths: Treasures from the Holy Land"
• Passions about the Passion: Portrayals of the Passion of Christ from A.D. 200–2004 (PPT)
• Wabash Center Study of the RL Introductory Course
• What's Left Out in Left Behind (abridged essay)

PREVIOUS SEMESTERS

• Cradle of Christianity: Early Christianity in Syria & Asia
• The Faith(s) of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, & Islam
• The Historical Jesus
• Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
• Introduction to Canon Law
• Introduction to the First (or "Old") Testament
• Introduction to the Second (or "New") Testament
• Jesus of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus in Film & History
• Journey to the Center of Early Christianity
• Journey with Paul (Paul & His Writings, Summer 1999)
• The Writings of St. Paul
• Paul's Letter to the Romans
• The Synoptic Gospels (grad class)

INDEPENDENT STUDIES

• Undergraduate IS Form
• Graduate IS Form

• Anti-Zealot Rhetoric in the Gospel of Matthew
• The Epistle of Barnabas (in Greek)
• Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew
• Gospel of John (in Greek)
• The Historical Jesus (in Greek)
• Jesus as Sophia
• Jesus in Film & History
• Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matt 26:36-46)
• Jesus of Nazareth
• John Chrysostom's Letters from Exile (in Greek)
• John Chrysostom: Selected Writings (in Greek)
• The Personalism of Emmanuel Mounier in the Contemplative Thought of Thomas Merton and the Active Life of Dorothy Day
• The Significance of the First Appearance of the Risen Christ to Women in the Gospel of Matthew 28:9–10
• Tertullian’s Definition of Doctrine in De Praescriptione Haereticorum (in Latin)
• Women in the Early Jesus Movement: Mary of Magdala and Priscilla of Corinth

INTERNET RESOURCES FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES

• Biblical Exegesis "Workshop" Materials
• Bible Links Page (compiled by Prof. Wieland Willker)
• Bible Reference Tools Tutorial
• Biblical Studies Resources (compiled by Prof. Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology, Quartz Hill, CA)
• Diotima: Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world, including biblical studies
• E-Canon (Online Search Engine for Canonical Texts)
• International Bible Society (Scripture Resources from the world's most prolific Biblical translator)
• Okeanos: An interdisciplinary resource for the study of the Ancient, Biblical, Classical, and Late Antique Near East
• Perseus (NT home = Westcott & Hort edition of GNT)
• Resource Pages for Biblical Studies (compiled by Prof. Torrey Seland, Volda University College, Volda, NORWAY)
• Society of Biblical Literature Web Resources
• Virtual World Project: A virtual tour of ancient sites along the Eastern Mediterranean
• Weights & Measures in the Bible (IBS site)

• Bibliographies & Reviews of the Literature (compiled by Prof. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University)
• Select Bibliography for Synoptic Studies
• Students' Annotated Bibliographies for Synoptic Studies

• Duke Papyrus Archive
• Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web (sponsored by Earlham School of Religion)
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship (an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
• The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
  • Archives of Discussion List on Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism
• SCROLLS FROM THE DEAD SEA: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• The Dream of the Rood
• ECOLE: Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia (founded by Anthony F. Beavers, University of Evansville, Indiana; Karen Ræ Keck and Norman Hugh Redington, St. Pachomius Library, General Editors)
• Guide to Early Church Documents
• Noncanonical Literature
• The North American Patristic Society Internet Resources
• Pliny & Trajan on the Christians
• The Works of Flavius Josephus

• The Gospel of Thomas Homepage
• The Gnostic Society Library

• The Five Gospels Parallels (Ed. by Prof. John W. Marshall)
• Historical Jesus Research (constructed by Prof. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University)
• Important Dates from the First Two Christian Centuries
• The Jewish Roman World of Jesus (constructed by Prof. James D. Tabor, University of North Carolina)
• Synoptic Gospels Primer (by Mahlon H. Smith)

• Electronic New Testament Educational Resources (compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J.)
• From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
• The New Testament Gateway (compiled by Prof. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham)
• New Testament Resources (constructed by Prof. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University)

• Antioch on the Orontes
• Ephesus
• First Century CE Ephesus (constructed by Prof. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University)
• Resources for Pauline Studies (constructed by Prof. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University)

• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• The Jerusalem Mosaic (a vitual tour of the Holy City, at various points in its history, from the Davidic monarchy to the present)
• Vatican Museums
• Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching & Learning in Theology & Religion

BIBLE-RELATED E-JOURNALS & DISCUSSION LISTS

• Acts-L
• B-Greek
• Corpus Paulinum
• Graphai New Testament discussion group
• Ioudaios: Judaism in the Greco-Roman world
• Johannine Literature
• G-Megillot: The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature list-serve
• Synoptic-L: The Email Conference for the Discussion of the Synoptic Gospels
• TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
• XTalk:The Historical Jesus and Early Christian Origins (Crosstalk2)

OPPORTUNITIES IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION

• Diocese of Cleveland Office of Catechetical Services
• Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the largest Catholic lay volunteer program in the USA. JVC is a world-wide network of volunteers committed to integrating the four values of community, spirituality, social justice, and simple lifestyle. JVs work for and with the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, AIDS victims, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill, and the developmentally disabled. The Jesuit Volunteers' work around the world is diverse, but all of the opportunities will challenge you on an intellectual, spiritual and emotional level while providing great work experience for what you will do when your time as a Jesuit Volunteer is over.
• Lalanne, a two-year Marianist program for those entering a career in education. Lalanne teachers are assigned faculty positions in under-resourced schools and live in community for a supportive environment that fosters personal, professional, and spiritual development.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS of BIBLICAL SCHOLARS & EARLY CHURCH HISTORIANS

• AIBI Association Internationale Bible et Informatique
• AIEP/IAPS Association Internationale d'Études Patristiques/International Association for Patristic Studies
• ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research
• CBA Catholic Biblical Association; the CBA's Feminist Hermeneutics Task Force
• CARG Computer-Assisted Research Section of the Society of Biblical Literature
• EGLBS Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society
• NAPS North American Patristics Society
• SBL Society of Biblical Literature

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF NOTE

• Amnesty International
• Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
• Feminists for Life
• Habitat for Humanity
• Oxfam International