Summer 2009 (6–17 July)

NS500 New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels. This is the first of a two-course sequence designed to provide a basic introduction to the New Testament, including not only the traditional elements of “introduction,” such as authorship, date, provenance, background, structure, and use of sources, but also the theologies of the various writings. The orientation is both historical and exegetical. The present course is devoted to the four Gospels, and traces their origin, inter-relationship, theological distinctives, and value as sources for life of Jesus research. Some attention will be given to the hermeneutical problem of preaching from the Gospels today. The course will commence with an overview of inter-testamental history.

Teaching materials: (syllabus soon to be posted)

Fall 2009 (Sept – Dec)

To be posted.