SDSCS Programs
San Diego School of Christian Studies spring 2012 courses.
Registration for our classes
- You may pre-register for each class online, using Paypal
- In person at the patio tables outside church on Sundays
- or by calling our Church office Monday-Friday, 9 AM–5 PM: 619-297-4366
(payment can be made at the door, day of class)
About tuition and change of day
For the winter/spring classes, the San Diego Schools of Christian Studies has chosen a new reduced price tuition structure and a different day of the week for classes. All classes are listed as $10 each and they will be held on Wednesday evenings. Those attending, who choose, may come early for Vespers at 5:30 PM and join us for dinner at 6 PM.* We hope this schedule will be convenient and make the classes available for more participants.
*The cost for dinner is $6 and may be paid at the door. Please make your dinner reservations by Monday the week of class by calling the Church office: 619-297-4366.
February 29 & March 7
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Polyglots and Translations:
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| This course will explore the interesting history behind the King James Bible of 1611, which was the culmination of over a century of controversy on the text and meaning of the Bible in English. The Christian rediscovery of biblical Hebrew began only in the 15th century and was part of the "return to the sources" movement embraced by the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. This movement led to the creation of the great polyglot Bible editions, which presented the text of the Bible in several languages in parallel columns, part of an increasing concern to determine the exact text of the Bible and greater accuracy in understanding the meaning of the text. |
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Dr. Russell Fuller is a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He holds a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University. He is a member of the international team of editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and he has a long standing interest in the history of the Bible. |
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March 21
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Jesus and the Women who
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| Modern biblical criticism has enabled us to develop both a better, more accurate text of the biblical books and a clearer understanding of their historical context. More recently, social criticism and the hermeneutics developed by various interest groups - women, African-Americans and Hispanics, most notably - have given us further insight into the social identity of new testament figures, often allegorized beyond all historical reality. The women who worked with Jesus, or even those who merely encountered him briefly, have taken on three-dimensional reality. In this class we will investigate the reasons they loved him, what Christ and the women taught each other. | ||
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Dr. Marie Anne Mayeski is Professor Emeritus of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. She holds a Masters’ degree in English Literature and a Masters and Ph.D. in Theology from Fordham University. During more than 30 years at Loyola Marymount, Dr. Mayeski held various executive positions, but her first love was |
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May 16& May 23
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The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Library which Houses Them (5/16)
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| The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they include the oldest known surviving copies of Biblical and extra-biblical documents and preserve evidence of great diversity in late Second Temple Judaism. The scrolls are considered to be one of the most important archaeological finds in modern times. Dr. Kohn, who is recognized as one of the leading authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls, will bring us up to date on the latest research of the scrolls. |
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Dr. Risa Levitt Kohn is Professor of The Hebrew Bible and Judaism at San Diego State University, and was awarded the first Doctorate from UC, San Diego in Ancient History and Hebrew Bible. She is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Pacific Coast Region, she serves as Chair of its Committee for the Status of Women | |
| in the Profession. Her work includes A New Heart and a New Soul: Ezekiel, The Exile and the Torah and she co-authored A Portable God, the Origin of Judaism and Christianity. She lectures extensively on subjects including the world of the Hebrew Bible, Jewish and Christian Origins, and Judaism. |
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