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Lesson 1: The Jewish People in the Hellenistic World
Lesson 2: Herod the Great and the Romans
Lesson 3: Late Second Temple Judaism
Lesson 4: The Gospel of Mark: The Mysterious Messiah
Lesson 5: Visions of the Christ in Matthew and Luke
Lesson 6: Paul’s Mission to the Gentiles
Lesson 7: Hebrews and Hellenes – Philo of Alexandria
Lesson 8: Acts of the Apostles and Christian History
Lesson 9: The Destruction of the Temple
Lesson 10: The Meaning of Apocalypse
Lesson 11: Rome, Persecution, and Martyrdom
Lesson 12: Platonism and the Christian Idea of God
Lesson 13: The Gnostic Challenge
Lesson 14: The Gospel of John and Its Tradition
Lesson 15: Sex, Marriage, and Paganism
Lesson 16: From Shame to Sin: Christian Sexual Morality
Lesson 17: The World of Christian Romance
Lesson 18: Polytheism and Salvation
Lesson 19: The Theology of Origen
Lesson 20: The Spread of Christianity
Lesson 21: Orthodoxy, Scripture, and Canon
Lesson 22: Into the Catacombs: Early Christian Archaeology
Lesson 23: The Age of Conversion
Lesson 24: The Age of Councils
Lesson 25: The Ascetic Challenge
Lesson 26: A Fourth-Century Story: The Life of Augustine
Lesson 27: The Last Ancient Debate: Grace and Will
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Lesson 1: The Jewish People in the Hellenistic World
Lesson 2: Herod the Great and the Romans
Lesson 3: Late Second Temple Judaism
Lesson 4: The Gospel of Mark: The Mysterious Messiah
Lesson 5: Visions of the Christ in Matthew and Luke
Lesson 6: Paul’s Mission to the Gentiles
Lesson 7: Hebrews and Hellenes – Philo of Alexandria
Lesson 8: Acts of the Apostles and Christian History
Lesson 9: The Destruction of the Temple
Lesson 10: The Meaning of Apocalypse
Lesson 11: Rome, Persecution, and Martyrdom
Lesson 12: Platonism and the Christian Idea of God
Lesson 13: The Gnostic Challenge
Lesson 14: The Gospel of John and Its Tradition
Lesson 15: Sex, Marriage, and Paganism
Lesson 16: From Shame to Sin: Christian Sexual Morality
Lesson 17: The World of Christian Romance
Lesson 18: Polytheism and Salvation
Lesson 19: The Theology of Origen
Lesson 20: The Spread of Christianity
Lesson 21: Orthodoxy, Scripture, and Canon
Lesson 22: Into the Catacombs: Early Christian Archaeology
Lesson 23: The Age of Conversion
Lesson 24: The Age of Councils
Lesson 25: The Ascetic Challenge
Lesson 26: A Fourth-Century Story: The Life of Augustine
Lesson 27: The Last Ancient Debate: Grace and Will
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