+1 862 207 3288 READING REVIEW: You are required to write one reading review, not to exceed six (6) pages in length and formatted according to an accepted collegiate manual of writing (i.e. MLA or Turabian). Please provide a title page and a works cited page for your review. These two pages do not count as part of the six page limit. Your reading review will focus on Pagels’ The Gnostic Gospels. This review will be valued at thirty (30) points. This review will be due by Sunday midnight CST at the end of Week 3! Late reviews will receive a one-time 20% deduction. Exceeding the page limit will result in a 10% deduction. Late Reading Reviews must be submitted to the Late Drop Box. The Rubric for your reading review may be found at the end of this syllabus.
You will select two of the following three chapters and review them according to the guidelines provided. It is important that prior to selecting your two (2) chapters you should read both the Introduction and the Conclusion sections of the book. Doing so will be of enormous value to you!
The three chapters you must select from are:
1. Chapter I ‘The Controversy over Christ’s Resurrection: Historical Event or Symbol?’
2. Chapter II ‘One God, One Bishop? The Politics of Monotheism’
3. Chapter V ‘Who’s Church Is the True Church?’
Review Guidelines: Instead of providing traditional full summaries or overviews of the two (2) chapters you have selected, your review should concentrate on responding to the following questions:
1. What do the chapters you have selected tell us about Gnostic beliefs?
2. What insights as to the evolution and/or nature of early Christianity can be gleaned from the chapters you selected?
3. In the chapters you are discussing, what does the author suggest about conflicts between proponents of ‘orthodox’ beliefs and ideas and those deemed to be proponents of ‘heretical’ beliefs and ideas?
4. Does the author seem to have a particular audience in mind?
5. Why did you select the two (2) chapters you selected?
Reading Review: Pagels’ The Gnostic Gospels
Grade Criteria for Papers
A
27-30 Paper is well thought out, organized, and meets the following expectations:
Instead of providing traditional full summaries or overviews of the two (2) chapters you have selected, your review concentrates on responding to the following questions:
(1) What do the chapters you have selected tell us about Gnostic beliefs?
(2) What insights as to the evolution and/or nature of early Christianity can be gleaned from the chapters you selected?
(3) In the chapters you are discussing, what does the author suggest about conflicts between proponents of ‘orthodox’ beliefs and ideas and those deemed to be proponents of ‘heretical’ beliefs and ideas?
(4) Does the author seem to have a particular audience in mind?
(5) Why did you select the two (2) chapters you selected?
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