My apologies, students, for cancelling our campus session again. Revised instructions for this session are as follows. For this session we are studying conceptions of justice that developed within Jewish and Christian traditions and continue to shape Western thought. Student tasks for the week are to:

1. Prepare by reading the following assigned texts:

Biblical texts: Genesis chapters 17-22; Exodus chapters 19-22; Matthew chapters 5-7; 1 John chapters 3-4. You can find these texts and choose the language and translation that you want at https://www.biblegateway.com/

UNTERMAN-Jewish understanding of God.pdf

UNTERMAN-Jewish conception of social justice .pdf (students may concentrate on pp. 41-65)

Wolterstorff—Justice-1.pdf

Wolterstorff—Justice in NT-1.pdf

2. Listen to the following introductory lecture

3. Participate in discussion in the forum found here: Judaism and Christianity. Note: because participation in a written discussion forum was not specified as part of the original coursework, it is optional.

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