RELST-138 Sin

Thinkers in antiquity disagreed about what acts or dispositions ought to be included in the category of wrongdoing, what the nature of sin was, and what, if anything, could be done about it. In this course we examine these conversations from antiquity. Most of our time will be spent on Greco-Roman sources from the first four centuries CE: the New Testament, early Christian apologists, martyr texts, sophists, legal historians, and philosophers. But part of our work will be understanding the legacy of thinking around sin that people in these centuries inherited. To that end, we will read about sin in the Hebrew Bible, a Greek tragedy, Aristotle, and Hellenistic Jewish writings.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

CLASC-138, MDRST-138

Notes

Writing-Intensive.