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NEW COURSE 
New Testament Greek : An Inspired Language 

Meetings: Tues, Wed, Friday, 2:00 - 3:15pm, UNL Newman Center
Instructor: Dr. John Pepino
Credit Hours: 3

This is the class in which you will learn to read Koine Greek, the language used by the writers of the New Testament. Get behind the translations and read the inspired text, for yourself, as it was written!

Textbook: J. Gresham Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners (either edition).

ENG 244 – Introduction to the Great Books II: The Literature of Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness 

Meetings: Mon & Wed, 3:30 - 4:45pm, UNL Newman Center
Instructor: Dr. John Freeh, Director of the Newman Institute
Credit Hours: 3

Course Description: “Our twentieth century has proved to be more cruel than preceding centuries,” Nobel laureate Alexandr Solzhenitsyn once famously remarked, adding that the “world is torn asunder by the same old cave-age emotions as greed, envy, lack of control” and “mutual hostility.” This second-semester introduction to the Great Books seeks to provide insight with respect to the problem of human cruelty and suggest remedies through a deeper understanding of mercy, compassion and forgiveness. One such remedy comes through Shakespeare’s Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who implies that mercy is possible only when human beings see the “other” as somehow related to themselves. “Hath not a Jew eyes,” he poignantly asks his Christian adversaries, going on to argue the case for a common humanity which transcends any and all differences.

 Required Texts: Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice; Shakespeare, Measure for Measure; Chaucer, The Franklin’s Tale; anonymous, Everyman; Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter; Greene, The Power and the Glory; Newman, The Dream of Gerontius; shorter readings as assigned

HUM 255 – Humanities Seminar III: Undaunted Courage: The Heroic Life 

Meetings: Tues & Thurs, 2:00 - 3:15pm, UNL Newman Center
Instructor: Dr. John Freeh, Director of the Newman Institute
Credit Hours: 3

Course Description: Ancient and modern cultures hold courage - physical, mental, moral and spiritual - to be one of the key measures of human greatness. Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas are alike in recognizing its importance. C.S. Lewis says "courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of all the virtues at the testing point."  From the physical courage of Hector in Homer's Iliad to the moral courage of Antigone in Sophocles' play, from the long-suffering of Job in the Old Testament to the perseverance of Beowulf in the defense of his people, examples of heroism always inspire and arouse admiration. This three-credit seminar, taught by Newman Institute Director Dr. John Freeh, will study the theory and  practice of courage through the ages.
 
Required texts: The Book of Job, Sophocles' Antigone, Homer's Iliad, Aristotle's Ethics (Book 3, section 6), The Martyrdom of Polycarp, Beowulf, Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Faulkner's Unvanquished, and Josef Pieper's On Fortitude, along with selected articles, essays and poems.