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Courses
Here are the courses that I teach at Saint Martin's University, both on the main
campus and in the Saint Martin's University Extension Program at Fort Lewis.
Click on a course to be taken to links to the syllabus and other relevant
material.
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College 101: First Year
Seminar
Religious Studies 111: Introduction to Religious Studies
Religious Studies 201: Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures
Religious Studies 202: Introduction to New Testament
Religious Studies 302: Comparative Religion
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Syllabus (Main Campus, Spring 2003)
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Midterm Exam for
Comparative Religion, Fort Lewis, Term 3, 2005.
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Syllabus (Fort Lewis Extension Spring 2003)
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Final exam
for Comparative Religion, Term 3, 2005, Fort Lewis
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Final
exam
for Comparative Religion, Spring, 2006, Main Campus
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Focus Paper Assignment
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Term Paper Information Sheet
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PowerPoint slide presentation on
intersecting sacred space in Jerusalem
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PowerPoint slide presentation:
In the
Beginning: A Comparative Study of Stories of Creation
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Haaretz story on
the disposition of archaeological sites and artifacts in the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process.
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Religious Studies Web
Sites at the
J. Murrey Atkins Library - UNC Charlotte
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Wabash Center
Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and
Religion
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Exploring
Religions
(Web site with information about different religions)
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The Questions of King
Milinda (translation)
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The Axial Age
(also look at this
site
and also
here).
See also "From Consciousness
to Conscience: Reflections on the Axial Age," by James D. and Evelyn
Eaton Whitehead.
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The Sikhism Home Page (try this
one if you have a sound card)
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For information on Tibetan Buddhism, click
here and follow the links under "Tibetan Culture."
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"The Modern History of
Islamic Jerusalem" (article by Ghada Talhami)
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A Page from the
Babylonian Talmud
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Look here for Religion Online, a
large collection of essays on a variety of topics related to the study of
religion.
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American Religious
Identification Survey
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The
study of religion
in understanding economics, politics, and society
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Scientific study of meditation and contemplation
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A story on the
Kamasutra, a new translation by Wendy Doniger
- "Cello,"
a short story published in the Atlantic Monthly by Rémy Rougeau (a pen
name), a former student in this class. The story deals with a curious
encounter between Benedictine and Buddhist monks.
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Religious Studies 303: The Problem of Evil
Religious Studies 303: Autobiography and Spirituality
Religious Studies 303/307: The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Syllabus (Fort Lewis Extension, Term 4, Spring 2006)
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Syllabus (Main Campus, Spring 2003)
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PowerPoint Slide Show on
Qumran
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Midterm exam (take-home),
Main Campus, Fall 2004
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Final Exam
(take-home), Main Campus, Spring 2006
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Midterm exam
(take-home), Fort Lewis, Spring 2003
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Final Exam
(take-home), Fort Lewis, Spring 2003
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Discussion Forum for Main Campus Class.
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Haaretz story on
the disposition of archaeological sites and artifacts in the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process.
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A report on
excavations at Qumran in the Summer of 2004.
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James Davila's
Community Rule
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James Davila's article on teaching and the Internet: "Enoch
in Cyberspace"
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James
Davila's Weblog ("Blog") on Ancient Judaism
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James
Davila's Weblog on the Dead Sea Scrolls
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The Library of Congress
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
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Orion Center for the Study of the Dead
Sea Scrolls (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
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Paper on cups and bowls from Qumran
and communal meals among the Essenes and in early Christianity.
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A beginner's
guide to the scrolls.
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Computers and the study of the scrolls.
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Science
and technology in the study of the scrolls.
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A German-language archaeological
database of Khirbet Qumran..
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For a web page dealing with materials from the
Cairo Synagogue Genizah, including the Damascus Document (the Zadokite
fragments or CD), follow this link.
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An unofficial
translation (done by Michael Birnhack of the Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv
University) of the Israeli Supreme Court decision regarding the publication of
4QMMT in A Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. An abstract
of a commentary by Dr. Birnhack and links to the commentary itself may be found
here.
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Here you will find translations of the writings
of Josephus,
Philo,
and Pliny
on the Essenes on a website created and maintained by Ian Hutchesson
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Radiocarbon Dating for
Archaeology
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Banias/Caesarea
Philippi
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Tel Anafa
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Tel
Kedesh
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Omrit
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Religious Studies 303/Theatre 305/Humanities 299: Visions of Saint Joan
Religious Studies 304: Moral Choices
Religious Studies 305: The Peaceable Kingdom
Religious Studies 318: The Church in Christian History
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