Faculty of Social Sciences

Anders Runesson
Associate Professor,
Early Christianity and early Judaism
Department of Religious Studies

Contact Information

University Hall 114
(905) 525 9140 ext. 23388
runess@mcmaster.ca

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Teaching
My teaching interests relates very much to my research interests (see that page). A brief list of topics:

New Testament (any and all topics relating to this collection of texts). Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible: the ancient synagogue, Jewish history from Persian period to Late Antiquity. Archaeology and inscriptions: synagogue archaeology, especially the synagogue at Ostia. Jewish/Christian relations and early Christian identity formation (including aspects of Graeco-Roman society and religion) from the first century to Late Antiquity.

 

Courses

Undergraduate Courses

  • The Quest for the Historical Jesus (3TO3)
  • Earliest Portraits of Jesus (the synoptic gospels; 2GG3)
  • Paul and Christian Origins (2HH3)
  • Jews, Christians, and ‘Others’ in Antiquity (3JO3)
  • The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew and the Social Location of the Matthean Community (4QO3; reading course)
  • The Ancient Synagogue and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity (4IO3; Honours Seminar)

Graduate Seminars

    • Divine Judgment in the New Testament Gospels (RS 707b)
    • John Among Jews and Gentiles (RS 751)
    • The Gospel of Matthew and the Matthean Communities (RS 757)
    • Textualising Jesus: The When, Where, How, and Why of the Gospel of Mark (RS 757)
    • The Historical Jesus and the Kingdom of God (RS 759)
    • Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity (RS 730)
    • The Ancient Synagogue: Birth Place of Two World Religions (RS 733)
    • Issues in the Study of Religions (a religious studies methods seminar; RS 701)

     

 
   
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