Program Overview

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University Programs

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Course Format

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• In-person learning
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• Online learning
• Professional
• Summer schools
• Weekly learning

Undergraduate Programs

Certificates

• Archaeology
• Certificate of Higher Education
• English Literature
• History
• History of Art
• Theological Studies

Diplomas

• Archaeology
• Creative Writing
• English Social and Local History
• History of Art

Advanced Diplomas

• British Archaeology
• IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Local History (Online)

Pre-Master's

• Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students (nine weeks, full-time)
• Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)

Postgraduate Programs

Certificates

• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Ecological Survey Techniques
• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Health Research
• Historical Studies
• Nanotechnology
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Psychodynamic Counselling
• Qualitative Health Research Methods
• Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Diplomas

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Severe Mental Health Problems
• Health Research
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice
• Psychodynamic Practice

Master of Studies (MSt)

• Creative Writing
• Diplomatic Studies
• Historical Studies
• History of Design
• Literature and Arts
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Practical Ethics
• Psychodynamic Practice

Research Degrees (DPhil)

• Archaeology
• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Literature and Arts
• Sustainable Urban Development

Master of Science (MSc)

• Applied Landscape Archaeology
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
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• Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics
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• Translational Health Sciences

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Research Programs

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• Academic staff profiles
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• Research areas
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Graduate School

The Graduate School offers a supportive and stimulating environment for both internal and external postgraduate students and researchers.

• Graduate School training
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Research Forums

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group
• Lifelong Learning Pedagogies forum
• Research Ethics Colloquium
• The Vice-Chancellors Colloquium

Course Details

The Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity

• Code: O25I310SSR
• Credit: 10 CATS points
• Fees: From Ł1375.00
• Dates: Sat 25 Jul 2026 - Sat 01 Aug 2026
• Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
• Location: Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA

Programme Details

Seminars

Participants are taught in small seminar groups of up to 10 students, and receive two one-on-one tutorials with their tutor.

• Sunday:
  • Seminar 1: Judaism, Christianity, and Historical Scholarship: Rhetoric and Reality
  • Seminar 2: Second Temple Judaism
• Monday:
  • Seminar 3: Radical New Perspectives on Paul
  • Seminar 4: Responses to the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple
• Tuesday:
  • Seminar 5: Prophecy, Allegory, Typology: Christian Readings of Scripture I
  • Seminar 6: Christian Readings of Scripture II
• Wednesday:
  • Seminar 7: Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash: Rabbinic Readings of Scripture I
  • Seminar 8: Rabbinic Readings of Scripture II
• Thursday:
  • Seminar 9: Visit to Ashmolean
  • Seminar 10: Visit to Ashmolean and debrief
• Friday:
  • Seminar 11: The Impact of a Christian Empire
  • Seminar 12: Boundaries: Then and Now

Programme Timetable

The daily timetable will normally be as follows:

• Saturday:
  • 14.0016.30: Registration
  • 16.3017.00: Orientation meeting
  • 17.0017.30: Classroom orientation for tutor and students
  • 17.3018.00: Drinks reception
  • 18.0020.00: Welcome dinner
• Sunday Friday:
  • 09.0010.30: Seminar
  • 10.3011.00: Tea/coffee break
  • 11.0012.30: Seminar
  • 12.3013.30: Lunch
  • 13.3018.00: Afternoons are free for tutorials, individual study, course-related field trips or exploring the many places of interest in and around Oxford.
  • 18.0019.00: Dinner (there is a formal gala dinner every Friday to close each week of the programme).

Certification

Certificate of Attendance

All participants who complete the course will receive a physical Certificate of Attendance.

Digital Badge

You will also be issued with an official digital badge of attendance.

Academic Credit

OUSSA is an accredited summer school taught at undergraduate level; each one-week course carries 10 CATS (Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme) points at FHEQ (Framework for Higher Education Qualification) Level 4.

Fees

• Fee Option 1 (Single en suite - inc. Tuition and Meals): Ł2205.00
• Fee Option 2 (Double en suite - inc. Tuition and Meals) 1 person: Ł2310.00
• Fee Option 3 (Twin en suite - inc. Tuition and Meals) per person: Ł1850.00
• Fee Option 4 (No Accommodation - inc. Tuition, Lunch & Dinner): Ł1375.00

Funding

Concessionary rates are available on a non-residential basis for those that qualify.

Tutor

• Dr Ann Conway-Jones

Course Aims

This course aims to explore the early development of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, as they took their common heritage of Israelite religion and Second Temple Judaism in different directions.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods used during this course may include:

• Short lectures/presentations
• Physical handouts
• Seminars/group discussions
• Audio and Video recordings
• Field Trip

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will have been given the opportunity to understand:

• The difficulties of studying early Jewish-Christian relations, given the rhetorical bias of the sources.
• The ways in which Jewish and Christian communities competed over their shared inheritance from biblical Israel and Second Temple Judaism.
• The differences between Jewish and Christian biblical interpretation.
• The consequences of the Roman Empire becoming Christian.
• The ramifications of this early history for Jewish-Christian relations today.

Assessment Methods

Participants are required to undertake preparatory reading and complete a pre-course assignment of 1,500 words. You will be assessed during the summer school by either a 1,000 word written assignment or a presentation supported by individual documentation. To successfully gain credit (10 CATS points) students should attend all classes and complete the on-course assignment.