Rendsburg, Gary.
Summary: Explores the book of Genesis showing us how we might read, hear, think about--and feel--its words as an ancient Hebrew would have, allowing us to gain a new appreciation of one of the most remarkable literary compositions from the ancient world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 REN Part 1Call number: CD 221 REN Part 2
Vandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Achilles rage? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? Why do we love our own so strongly? Where...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANVandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Odysseus long so powerfully to go home? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? What holds...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: A series of twelve lectures examining St. Paul, his writings, and his message, presented by Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 225 JOHJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Looks at Jesus through the many portraits the Gospels provide. The course examines not only the familiar canonical Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John from the New Testament, but also many other apocryphal narratives and literary works that have also contributed to our perceptions of Jesus, Mary, and Christianity. All of these works are encompassed by the word "Gospel."
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 232.9 JOHLevine, Amy-Jill
Summary: A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 LEVEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: Provides a historical context to foster a fuller understanding of contemporary events and people in the New Testament. Discuses distinguishing characteristics between the Greco-Roman cults and Judaism and Christianity, Jesus as a historical figure, and each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 225 EHRVandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: An introductory course on Greek and Roman mythology. Surveys some of the leading theoretical approaches to understanding myth in general and classical myth in particular.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Great Courses 2001
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 292.08 VAN PART 1Call number: CD 292.08 VAN PART 2
Daileader, Philip.
Summary: Focusing on the seven centuries from 300 to 1000, this course examines the period of European history known as the "Dark Ages." The period is dominated by two empires, the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Empire.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.1 DAIMcInerney, Jeremy
Summary: Twenty-four lectures delivered by Professor Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania explores the life, times and impact on the ancient world of Alexander the Great. Also discussed are the culture and civilization of the Hellenistic Age.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000