We will tackle this enigma by outlining Jesus' historical ministry, his death on the cross, and the post-resurrection events. This inquiry will entail careful readings in both canonical and extra-canonical accounts. Included will be the study of the Dead Seas Scrolls, the Nag Hamadi Gnostic Library, and recent archeological findings. In the end, students will be challenged to develop their own image of Jesus. Our investigation will be facilitated by the use of literature, art projects, and the cinema.
Semester elective open to eleventh and twelfth graders.
In the late fourth century BCE, an aristocratic youth named Plato met an eccentric stone-cutter named Socrates. This encounter produced a combustible interaction of minds that would forever change the way we understand reality. This introductory inquiry into this collaboration will entail a careful reading of the The Symposium, The Euthyphro, The Apology, The Crito, The Phaedo, and The Republic . We will finish with a reading of Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance . Semester elective open to eleventh and twelfth graders.