The following texts are required for the course:

• Bart D. Ehrman, ed. 2004. The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. = NT&O

• Bart D. Ehrman, ed. 1999. After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity. Oxford University Press. = ANT

• Peter Brown. 1988. The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. Columbia University Press.

These texts will be supplemented by readings on electronic reserve, on-line texts and articles, and a few handouts.