New Testament

3 credits · Divinity School

This course provides a general introduction to New Testament Studies (Early Christian Studies), a long-established and broad-ranging field of studies. Its aim is to provide a representative view of the many different facets and components behind the contemporary study of early Christianity, its texts and contexts. As such, the course will have three main foci: (1) interpretation: an overview of the different reading traditions of the Christian Scriptures as well as the various critical approaches and theoretical frameworks within the academic tradition of biblical criticism; (2) context: an overview of the social and cultural context of early Christianity, micro as well as macro; and (3) texts: the analysis of selected traditions and writings of the Christian Scriptures, with emphasis on diversity of approaches and critics. SPRING. [3]