Class Schedule

The reading assignments should be completed by the date listed. The readings in the scriptural text should be done in the NRSV, although you may read any additional translations you choose. The numbers in square brackets are page numbers of assigned readings in Harrington's Invitation to the Apocrypha. The assignments labeled Parallel are page numbers assigned in The parallel Apocrypha.

Date	Topic	Reading Assignment	Other
30 January	Introduction
1 February	Introduction	[1-8] ; Parallel xiii-xx, xlviii-lix
4 February	Additions to Daniel	Susanna ; Bel & the Dragon ; [109-121]
6 February	Additions to Daniel	Prayer of Azariah ; Song of the Three Jews
8 February	Additions to Esther	(Greek) Esther
11 February	Additions to Esther	[44-53]
15 February	Review
18 February	Additions to Jeremiah	Baruch ; [92-102]
20 February	Additions to Jeremiah	Letter of Jeremiah ; [103-108]
22 February	Alternative Ezra	1 Esdras	proposal due
25 February	Alternative Ezra	[152-164]
27 February	Review
1 March	Additional Psalm	Psalm 151 ; [170-172]	first written item
4 March	Supplement to Chronicles	Prayer of Manasseh ; [166-169]
6 March	Ecclesiasticus	[78-90] ; Prologue ; KJV 2nd prologue
8 March	Ecclesiasticus	Sirach 1:1 - 42:14
11 March	Ecclesiasticus	Sirach 42:15 - 51:30
13 March	Review
15 March	Wisdom of Solomon	[55-77]
18 March	Wisdom of Solomon	Wisdom
20 March	Fourth Maccabees	4 Maccabees ; [207-217]
25 March	Tobit	[10-26]
27 March	Tobit	Tobit
8 April	Judith	[27-43]
10 April	Judith	Judith	second written item
12 April	Review
15 April	Maccabees	[137-151]
17 April	Maccabees	2 Maccabees
19 April	Maccabees	[122-135]
22 April	Maccabees	1 Maccabees
24 April	Review	Parallel xxi-xxx
26 April	Third Maccabees	3 Maccabees ; [173-183]
29 April	Apocalyptic Ezra	[185-206]
1 May	Apocalyptic Ezra	2 Esdras
6 May	History of the Canon	Parallel xxxi-xxxix	third written item
8 May	Theological Issues	Parallel xl-xlvii	evaluation