New Testament History and Literature with Dale B. Martin at Yale University (Spring 2009)

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Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
This course provides a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context, concentrating on the New Testament. Although theological themes will occupy much of our attention, the course does not attempt a theological appropriation of the New Testament as scripture. Rather, the importance of the New Testament and other early Christian documents as ancient literature and as sources for historical study will be emphasized. A central organizing theme of the course will focus on the differences within early Christianity (-ies).

1. Introduction: Why Study the New Testament? 40:12
2. From Stories to Canon 48:54
3. The Greco-Roman World 48:42
4. Judaism in the First Century 48:28
5. The New Testament as History 36:42
6. The Gospel of Mark 44:38
7. The Gospel of Matthew 48:17
8. The Gospel of Thomas 50:29
9. The Gospel of Luke 49:16
10. The Acts of the Apostles 48:35
11. Johannine Christianity: The Gospel 49:50
12. Johannine Christianity: The Letters 50:56
13. The Historical Jesus 52:29
14. Paul as Missionary 50:15
15. Paul as Pastor 47:32
16. Paul as Jewish Theologian 47:50
17. Paul's Disciples 49:52
18. Arguing with Paul? 45:52
19. The "Household" Paul: The Pastorals 46:04
20. The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla 48:34
21. Interpreting Scripture: Hebrews 48:06
22. Interpreting Scripture: Medieval Interpretations 49:29
23. Apocalyptic and Resistance 47:12
24. Apocalyptic and Accommodation 48:19
25. Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops 48:24
26. The "Afterlife" of the New Testament and Postmodern Interpretation 47:41

another source: http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/rlst-152#sessions
1 Introduction: Why Study the New Testament?
2 From Stories to Canon
3 The Greco-Roman World
4 Judaism in the First Century
5 The New Testament as History
6 The Gospel of Mark
7 The Gospel of Matthew
8 The Gospel of Thomas
9 The Gospel of Luke
10 The Acts of the Apostles
11 Johannine Christianity: the Gospel
12 Johannine Christianity: the Letters
13 The Historical Jesus
14 Paul as Missionary
15 Paul as Pastor
16 Paul as Jewish Theologian
17 Paul's Disciples
18 Arguing with Paul?
19 The "Household" Paul: the Pastorals
20 The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla
21 Interpreting Scripture: Hebrews
22 Interpreting Scripture: Medieval Interpretations
23 Apocalyptic and Resistance
24 Apocalyptic and Accommodation
25 Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops
26 The "Afterlife" of the New Testament and Postmodern Interpretation

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Introduction to the Old Testament With Christine Hayes at Yale University (Fall 2006)

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Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (RLST 145)

This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization. A wide range of methodologies, including source criticism and the historical-critical school, tradition criticism, redaction criticism, and literary and canonical approaches are applied to the study and interpretation of the Bible. Special emphasis is placed on the Bible against the backdrop of its historical and cultural setting in the Ancient Near East. Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu

1. The Parts of the Whole 45:46
2. The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Biblical Religion in Context 46:12
3. The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context 47:43
4. Doublets and Contradictions, Seams and Sources 47:53
5. Critical Approaches to the Bible: Introduction to Genesis 12-50 48:45
6. Biblical Narrative: The Stories of the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-36) 49:17
7. Israel in Egypt: Moses and the Beginning of Yahwism (Genesis 37- Exodus 4) 46:03
8. Exodus: From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 5-24, 32; Numbers) 47:35
9. The Priestly Legacy: Cult and Sacrifice, Purity and Holiness in Leviticus and Numbers 48:35
10. Biblical Law: The Three Legal Corpora of JE (Exodus), P (Leviticus and Numbers) and D 50:43
11. On the Steps of Moab: Deuteronomy 47:55
12. The Deuteronomistic History: Life in the Land (Joshua and Judges) 50:19
13. The Deuteronomistic History: Prophets and Kings (1 and 2 Samuel) 49:32
14. The Deuteronomistic History: Response to Catastrophe (1 and 2 Kings) 51:35
15. Hebrew Prophecy: The Non-Literary Prophets 49:51
16. Literary Prophecy: Amos 48:00
17. Literary Prophecy: Hosea and Isaiah 48:58
18. Literary Prophecy: Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk 48:40
19. Literary Prophecy: Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah) 47:07
20. Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature 52:53
21. Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs 48:40
22. The Restoration: 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah 49:18
23. Visions of the End: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature 49:51
24. Alternative Visions: Esther, Ruth, and Jonah 

another source: http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/rlst-145#sessions
1 The Parts of the Whole
2 The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Biblical Religion in Context
3 The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context
4 Doublets and Contradictions, Seams and Sources: Genesis 5-11 and the Historical-Critical Method
5 Critical Approaches to the Bible: Introduction to Genesis 12-50
6 Biblical Narrative: The Stories of the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-36)
7 Israel in Egypt: Moses and the Beginning of Yahwism (Genesis 37- Exodus 4)
8 Exodus: From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 5-24, 32; Numbers)
9 The Priestly Legacy: Cult and Sacrifice, Purity and Holiness in Leviticus and Numbers
10 Biblical Law: The Three Legal Corpora of JE (Exodus), P (Leviticus and Numbers) and D (Deuteronomy)
11 On the Steps of Moab: Deuteronomy
Exam 1 Midterm Exam
12 The Deuteronomistic History: Life in the Land (Joshua and Judges)
13 The Deuteronomistic History: Prophets and Kings (1 and 2 Samuel)
14 The Deuteronomistic History: Response to Catastrophe (1 and 2 Kings)
15 Hebrew Prophecy: The Non-Literary Prophets
16 Literary Prophecy: Amos
17 Literary Prophecy: Hosea and Isaiah
18 Literary Prophecy: Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk
19 Literary Prophecy: Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah)
20 Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature
21 Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs
22 The Restoration: 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah
23 Visions of the End: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature
24 Alternative Visions: Esther, Ruth, and Jonah

Introduction to Theory of Literature with Paul H. Fry at Yale University (Spring 2009)

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Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300)
This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while attempting to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates philosophical and social perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

1. Introduction 39:29
2. Introduction (cont.) 46:31
3. Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle 46:44
4. Configurative Reading 52:14
5. The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork 46:25
6. The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms 50:07
7. Russian Formalism 48:57
8. Semiotics and Structuralism 51:31
9. Linguistics and Literature 49:54
10. Deconstruction I 51:43
11. Deconstruction II 52:58
12. Freud and Fiction 50:40
13. Jacques Lacan in Theory 51:10
14. Influence 51:17
15. The Postmodern Psyche 52:50
16. The Social Permeability of Reader and Text 50:10
17. The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory 51:37
18. The Political Unconscious 53:46
19. The New Historicism 53:22
20. The Classical Feminist Tradition 52:25
21. African-American Criticism 53:58
22. Post-Colonial Criticism 54:42
23. Queer Theory and Gender Performativity 49:55
24. The Institutional Construction of Literary Study 50:53
25. The End of Theory?; Neo-Pragmatism 53:33
26. Reflections; Who Doesn't Hate Theory Now? 49:48

another source: http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-300#sessions
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Introduction (cont.)
Lecture 3 Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle
Lecture 4 Configurative Reading
Lecture 5 The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork
Lecture 6 The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms
Lecture 7 Russian Formalism
Lecture 8 Semiotics and Structuralism
Lecture 9 Linguistics and Literature
Lecture 10 Deconstruction I
Lecture 11 Deconstruction II
Lecture 12 Freud and Fiction
Lecture 13 Jacques Lacan in Theory
Lecture 14 Influence
Lecture 15 The Postmodern Psyche
Lecture 16 The Social Permeability of Reader and Text
Lecture 17 The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
Lecture 18 The Political Unconscious
Lecture 19 The New Historicism
Lecture 20 The Classical Feminist Tradition
Lecture 21 African-American Criticism
Lecture 22 Post-Colonial Criticism
Lecture 23 Queer Theory and Gender Performativity
Lecture 24 The Institutional Construction of Literary Study
Lecture 25 The End of Theory?; Neo-Pragmatism
Lecture 26 Reflections; Who Doesn't Hate Theory Now?

The Moral Foundations of Politics with Ian Shapiro at Yale University (Spring 2010)

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This course explores main answers to the question "when do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment—Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition—through classical formulations, historical context, and contemporary debates relating to politics today. It then turns to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking. Lastly, it deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. Practical implications of these arguments are covered through discussion of a variety of concrete problems.

1. Information and Housekeeping  35:16

2. Introductory Lecture 48:14

3. Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition 46:39

4. Origins of Classical Utilitarianism YaleCourses 43:20

5. Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice YaleCourses  45:33

6. From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism YaleCourses 48:50

7. The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility YaleCourses 43:18

8. Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis YaleCourses 48:27

9. The Marxian Challenge YaleCourses 45:49

10. Marx's Theory of Capitalism YaleCourses 51:15

11. Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice YaleCourses 47:33

12. The Marxian Failure and Legacy YaleCourses 46:54

13. Appropriating Locke Today YaleCourses 46:36

14. Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State YaleCourses 47:19

15. Compensation versus Redistribution YaleCourses 46:09

16. The Rawlsian Social Contract YaleCourses 48:59

17. Distributive Justice and the Welfare State YaleCourses 51:48

18. The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy YaleCourses 49:17

19. The Burkean Outlook YaleCourses 48:19

20. Contemporary Communitarianism (I) YaleCourses 48:39

21. Contemporary Communitarianism (II) YaleCourses 47:41

22. Democracy and Majority Rule (I) YaleCourses 50:40

23. Democracy and Majority Rule (II) YaleCourses 52:14

24. Democratic Justice: Theory YaleCourses 47:16

25. Democratic Justice: Applications YaleCourses 51:25

another source: http://oyc.yale.edu/political-science/plsc-118#sessions

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Lecture 1 Information and Housekeeping
Lecture 2 Introductory Lecture
Lecture 3 Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition
Lecture 4 Origins of Classical Utilitarianism
Lecture 5 Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Lecture 6 From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism
Lecture 7 The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
Lecture 8 Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis
Lecture 9 The Marxian Challenge
Lecture 10 Marx's Theory of Capitalism
Lecture 11 Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice
Lecture 12 The Marxian Failure and Legacy
Lecture 13 Appropriating Locke Today
Lecture 14 Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State
Lecture 15 Compensation versus Redistribution
Exam 1 Midterm
Lecture 16 The Rawlsian Social Contract
Lecture 17 Distributive Justice and the Welfare State
Lecture 18 The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy
Lecture 19 The Burkean Outlook
Lecture 20 Contemporary Communitarianism (I)
Lecture 21 Contemporary Communitarianism (II)
Lecture 22 Democracy and Majority Rule (I)
Lecture 23 Democracy and Majority Rule (II)
Lecture 24 Democratic Justice: Theory
Lecture 25 Democratic Justice: Applications
Exam 2 Final Exam

General Philosophy (by Professor Peter Millican at Oxford, 2009)

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A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise the 8-week General Philosophy course and were delivered in late 2009. Slides for all his lectures can be found here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/people/peter...

1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy 5:55
1.2 The Birth of Modern Philosophy 15:56
1.3 From Aristotle to Galileo 18:14
1.4 The Birth of the Early Modern Period: From Galileo to Descartes 10:49
2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1 5:50
2.2 Introduction to Thomas Hobbes 11:35
2.3 Robert Boyle's Corpuscularian Theory 6:21
2.4 Isaac Newton and Instrumentalism 7:58
2.5 Introduction to John Locke 12:16
2.6 George Berkeley and Idealism 9:31
3.1 Introduction to David Hume 19:36
3.2 David Hume: Concluding Remarks 10:35
3.3 The Problem of Induction 23:00
4.1 Scepticism of the External World 8:48
4.2 Possible Answers to Scepticism of the External World 9:09
4.3 Introduction to Cartesian Dualism 22:13
4.4 Modern Responses to Dualism 10:56
5.1 Introduction to Knowledge 10:32
5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge 16:39
5.3 Gettier and Other Complications 14:49
5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief 12:33
6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities 14:33
6.2 Problems with Resemblance 10:56
6.3 Abstraction and Idealism 10:18
6.4 Making Sense of Perception 16:38
7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice 18:49
7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom 14:06
7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity 10:05
7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility 9:49
8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity 8:54
8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity 15:06
8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity 9:41
8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains 11:03

Spirituality and the Brain (Lectures by Todd Murphy in Neurotheology)

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1 God and the Brain - The Persinger 'God Helmet', The Brain, and visions of God.

2 Reincarnation in Human Evolution - The New Science of Darwinian Reincarnation.

3 Enlightenment, Self, and the Brain. How the brain changes with final liberation

4 - Psychic Skills & Miracles - technology used for telepathy and remote viewing

5 The Sacred Body. Kundalini, Subtle bodies, Chi, Yoga, and the brain.

6 Practical neurotheology - using Neuroscience for prayer and meditation


Neurotheology 1 - "God and the Brain", is a lecture about the Persinger "God Helmet" (actually the Koren Helmet) and the 8 Coil Shakti by neuroscientist Todd Murphy. It covers visions of God, Near-Death Experiences, and other themes in neurotheology, the field that integrates neuroscience and spirituality. This is the first of six lectures on Spirituality and the Brain by the inventor of the 8 Coil Shakti and the Shiva Neural Stimulation system, which duplicates the procedures used in the God Helmet experiments. He has been a member of Laurentian University's Behavioral Neuroscience research group, under the direction of Dr. M. A. Persinger, since 1998. See http://www.spiritualbrain.com
Neurotheology 2 - This lecture by scientist Todd Murphy discusses "Darwinian Reincarnation", a speculative theory that regards rebirth as a human behavior from the perspective of biological evolution. This talk describes the "algorithmic reincarnation" hypothesis published in the Journal for near-death studies, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. This lecture is given by Todd Murphy, the creator of the 8 Coil Shakti, and the Shiva Neural stimulation System, which replicates the Persinger "God Helmet".
Neurotheology 3 - This lecture, by neuroscientist Todd Murphy, explores an hypothesis about what happens in the brain when a person attains enlightenment. Using concepts in neurotheology developed by Michael A. Persinger (inventor of the God Helmet), Murphy (inventor of the 8 Coil Shakti neural stimulation system) explores the brain's role in enlightenemnt as understood in Buddhism. The talk also looks at the self (or sense of self), and how it's place as a brain function allows it to be flexible enough to change as a person becomes enlightened. It examines a few case histories, including those of Ramana Maharishi, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, The Buddha, and some others.
Neurotheology 4 - This lecture, by Todd Murphy describes how telepathy and remote viewing have been generated in laboratory settings by Dr. M. A. Persinger (inventor of the "God Helmet") using "The Octopus" and "Shiva", circumcerebral (around the head) neural stimulation devices. It also discusses a case history of a possible miracle elicited using neural stimulation. This is part of a series of talks in neurotheology given by the inventor of the 8 Coil Shakti and the Shiva Neural Stimulation system (which replicates the God Helmet). Psychic skills were outside the range of science until the experiments described in this lecture were published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. These articles can be found by searching for 'circumcerebral' at www.pubmed.com.
Neurotheology 5 - This lecture in neurotheology focuses on spiritual teachings about the body by neuroscientist Todd Murphy. Starting with an hypothesis (only an hypothesis; there is no evidence as yet) about Kundalini and how it projects our states of consciounsess into our bodies, it also looks at the neural basis for Subtle bodies. There is also a brief discussion of Chi and Yoga. This talk is given by Todd Murphy, inventor of the 8 Coil Shakti (similar to the Persinger God Helmet) and the Shiva Neural stimulation system.
Neurotheology 6 - The lecture by neuroscientist Todd Murphy (developer of the 8 Coil Shakti and The Shiva Neural Stimulation system), discusses how to apply neuroscience to your own spiritual process. It looks at common altered-state experiences, like the 'sensed presence', deja vu, tingley sensations, and others. It also looks at how to choose spiritual practices (by looking at 'temporal lobe signs' (also called Complex Partial Epileptic Signs) as well as using a high-tech method; complex magnetic neural stimulation. It features a discussion of the Persinger "God Helmet" (actually the "Koren Helmet") and the future of spirituality.