SB HIST 201
Course Instructor: Dr. Petra Heldt
Class Times: The course will be presented in 12 sessions on Tuesdays between the dates 18 October 2022 and 17 January 2023 at 17:00-19:30 PM Israel Time (10:00AM -12:30PM Eastern Time).
The sessions will be recorded and made available in the days following the classes for those who cannot make the live sessions.
Overview Syllabus – Celebrating Biblical and Messianic Feasts in Early Christian Traditions
Course description: This course will investigate the development of the Christian feast calendar celebrating God’s history with mankind. In view of the progressing Biblical and Messianic feasts in the early Church period the course will explore the relations between Rabbinic, proto-Christian and orthodox Christian traditions in the first centuries after the destruction of the Second Temple. The course will investigate the claim that Jewish traditions of Biblical feasts often are preserved in Eastern Orthodox Church traditions. Middle Eastern Churches took leading roles in the development of Biblical feasts celebrated in the early Church, like Pascha and Pentecost, and extra Biblical feasts, like Good Friday, Epiphany and Christmas. The course will look into Western Protestant celebrations of Biblical and Messianic feasts and their relations with those rich traditions.
Learning Outcomes
Course Requirements (for credit):