Current Seminar

Spring 2010 Feaver-MacMinn Seminar
“The Lost Gospels”

Guest Lecturer
Bart Ehrman Ph.D.
James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Host Professors
Barbara Boyd, D. Min.
Department of Religious Studies
University of Oklahoma

Tom Boyd, Ph.D.
David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus
Department of Religious Studies
University of Oklahoma

Even though there are only four Gospels in the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), scholars have long known about other Gospels – accounts of the birth, life, teachings, activities, death, and resurrection of Jesus --  that did not make it into  the New Testament.  Only recently have these other Gospels become widely known to the reading public at large.  In this seminar we will look at a number of these other accounts of Jesus’ life and death, try to understand the unique portrayal of Jesus found in each one, and seek to explain why these books were left out of the New Testament.

The seminar has no prerequisites and is not intended to support or oppose any particular religious point of view.  Believers, unbelievers, and people who are still seeking are welcome.

The seminar meets March 24 - 28, 2010. Students enrolled in the seminar are required to attend both the Saturday morning pre-sessions on February 20 and March 6, 2010, as well as the public lecture on the evening of March 25, 2010.

Download Application: Here
Application Deadline: December 4, 2009 by 5:00 PM CDT
Credit Hours: Option for 2 or 3 credit hours
Eligibility: OU upper division and graduate students with a 3.0 GPA (limited to 25 students)

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