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).
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1. Introduction: Why Study the New Testament?
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
This course approaches the New Testament not as scripture, or a piece of autho…
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2. From Stories to Canon
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Christian faith is based upon a canon of texts considered to be holy scrip…
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3. The Greco-Roman World
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
Knowledge of historical context is crucial to understanding the New Testament.…
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4. Judaism in the First Century
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
Of the four kingdoms that arose after Alexander's death, those of the Seleucid…
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5. The New Testament as History
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The accounts of Paul's travels in The Acts of the Apostles and Galatians seem …
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6. The Gospel of Mark
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Gospels of the New Testament are not biographies, and, in this class, they…
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7. The Gospel of Matthew
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Gospel of Matthew contains some of the most famous passages that both Chri…
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8. The Gospel of Thomas
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
We have known of the existence of the Gospel of Thomas from ancient writers, b…
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9. The Gospel of Luke
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
Luke and Acts, a two-volume work, are structured very carefully by the author …
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10. The Acts of the Apostles
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The speech that Stephen gives before his accusers in Acts shows how the author…
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11. Johannine Christianity: The Gospel
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Gospel of John is a gospel dramatically different from the Synoptic Gospel…
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12. Johannine Christianity: The Letters
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Jesus of the Gospel of John often speaks in riddles so that his dialogues …
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13. The Historical Jesus
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
It is obvious that certain narratives in the New Testament contradict each oth…
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14. Paul as Missionary
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The New Testament and other texts provide us with many accounts of the Apostle…
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15. Paul as Pastor
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
1 Corinthian and 2 Corinthians give us several snapshots of the development of…
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16. Paul as Jewish Theologian
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Apostle Paul's description of the Jewish Law in his letter to the Galatian…
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17. Paul's Disciples
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
In ancient times, documents that were falsely attributed to an author, called …
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18. Arguing with Paul?
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
Early Christianity presents us with a wide diversity in attitudes towards the …
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19. The "Household" Paul: The Pastorals
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
In the undisputed Pauline epistles, marriage is seen as a way to extirpate sex…
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20. The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Acts of Paul and Thecla has a narrative quite similar to those in ancient …
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21. Interpreting Scripture: Hebrews
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
There are many ways of interpreting the text, and ancient methods of interpret…
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22. Interpreting Scripture: Medieval Interpretations
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The principles of interpreting the New Testament in this course assume a histo…
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23. Apocalyptic and Resistance
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Apocalypse, or the Revelation of John, shares many of the traits found in …
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24. Apocalyptic and Accommodation
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Apocalypse of John showed an anti-Roman, politically revolutionary perspec…
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25. Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
The Epistle of Jude can be dated to somewhere during post-apostolic Christiani…
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26. The "Afterlife" of the New Testament and Postmodern Interpretation
Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152)
How did a small group following an apocalyptic prophet in Palestine become Chr…