History of the Bible:
The Making of the New Testament Canon (12 audio lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Bart D. Ehrman
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary
The New Testament stands unchallenged, in the words of Professor Bart D. Ehrman, not only as the "'bestseller' of all time," but also as the most important "book—or collection of books—in the history of Western civilization."
Yet how many of us, Christian or otherwise, are as knowledgeable about the New Testament as we would like to be? Even many who consider themselves Christian find themselves asking some—perhaps even all—of the questions so often posed by those who are not.
What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? What do they
teach? Who actually wrote them? How were they passed forward through history? And, perhaps most important of all, why and how did some books, and not others, come to be collected into what Christians came to consider the canon of Scripture that would define their belief for all time?
In "The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon", Professor Ehrman offers a fast-moving yet thorough introduction to these and other key issues in the development of Christianity.
Drawing on the award-winning teaching skills and style that have made him one of our most popular lecturers—respectful yet provocative, scholarly without sacrificing wit—Professor Ehrman has crafted a course designed to deepen the understanding of both Christians and non-Christians alike.
"The New Testament is appreciated and respected far more than it's known, and that's not just true among religious people who consider themselves Christian. ...
"This set of lectures is designed to provide an introduction to the New Testament for people who recognize or appreciate its cultural importance, or who have religious commitments to it, but who have not yet had a chance to get to know where it came from, what it contains, and how it was transmitted down to us today. The focus in this course will be historical, rather than theological. The course does not either presuppose faith or deny faith. It's based neither on faith nor skepticism. ... It's simply taught from the perspective of history." (see the original news)
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age (24 audio lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Jeremy McInerney
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
This series of lectures examines a crucial period in the history of the ancient world, the age ushered in by the
extraordinary conquests of Alexander the Great.
In all the annals of the ancient world, few stories are more gripping than that of the Hellenistic Age. Between the conquests of Alexander the Great and the rise of Rome, Greek culture became the heart of a world-historical civilization whose intellectual, spiritual, and artistic influence endures to this day. Caesar’s Shame Julius Caesar lamented when he was in his early 30s that by his age Alexander had conquered the world, "and I have done nothing."
In just 10 years, this young prince from the small, hill kingdom of Macedon subdued the largest tract of the earth’s surface ever conquered by one individual. His vast empire—encompassing all or part of 23 present-day countries—stretched from Mount Olympus and the Sahara Desert to the frontiers of India and Central Asia....
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Taught by: Professor Brian M. Fagan—University of California at Santa Barbara Professor Fagan takes you into some of the sophisticated chiefdoms and civilizations that developed in the Americas over the past 3,500 years, including the Pueblo cultures of the North American Southwest and the Mississippian culture of the South and Southeast. You will also learn about Mesoamerican civilization, the primordial Olmec culture of the lowlands, and the spectacular Ancient Maya civilization.
Moving to the highlands, you will visit the city-states of Monte Albán in the Valley of Oaxaca and Teotihuacán near the Valley of Mexico. Professor Fagan also describes the rise of Aztec civilization, followed by a journey to the Andes, where the beginnings of Andean civilization on the arid north coast of Peru culminated in the Moche civilization of the first millennium A.D. Finally, you explore the southern highlands, with the rise of Tiwanaku near Lake Titicaca, the Chimu civilization of the coast, and the huge Inka empire.
The series closes with a lecture on the closing centuries of prehistoric times during the European age of discovery and summarizes the main issues and themes of the course—what was involved in the archaic world, the appearance and spread of modern humans, food production, and the development of states.
Taught by Elizabeth Vandiver Whitman College Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Персонажи и сюжеты классической мифологиии незабываемы и значительны. Они вдохновили на создание как великих произведений высокого искусства и литературы и современных представлений о сексуальности и гендерной роли, так и произведениий массовой культуры - популярных фильмов, комиксов, телевизионных сериалов и шоу. Курс лекций "Классическая мифология" знакомит слушателей с основными персонажами и наиболее значительными сюжетами классической греческой и римской мифологии. Наряду с этим, вы познакомитесь с изложением теорий о сотворении мира из "Теогонии" Гесиода и "Метаморфоз" Овидия....
teach? Who actually wrote them? How were they passed forward through history? And, perhaps most important of all, why and how did some books, and not others, come to be collected into what Christians came to consider the canon of Scripture that would define their belief for all time?
extraordinary conquests of Alexander the Great. 
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