Fall 2007 (Sept - Dec)

BIBL 7313 Contemporary Portraits of Jesus. This lively course takes a critical look at some of the strange and novel scholarship (both learned and bogus) concerned with the historical Jesus. The course will expose the misinterpretations, lack of proper evidence and documentation, and dubious assumptions that lie behind some of the most publicized and notorious challenges to traditional Christian faith and the historical Jesus and his world that have arisen in recent years. Contrary to these extreme and unduly skeptical portraits a fair assessment of the New Testament Gospels and the historical Jesus, including his resurrection, will be offered. Tuesday nights at the Baptist Church in Aylesford, Nova Scotia.

Teaching materials: Syllabus

BIBL 6013 NT 1: Introduction to the Four Gospels. This course includes an historical review of New Testament interpretation, the formation of the canon, the intertestamental period, the New Testament world, the Gospels, and the life and teaching of the historical Jesus. Section one is offered Wednesday and Friday mornings on the Divinity College campus in Wolfville; section two is offered Monday nights at the Baptist Church in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

Teaching materials - Wolfville: Syllabus 
Teaching materials - Bedford: Syllabus

BIBL 7533 The Life of Paul. A study of the life, travels, and letters of the apostle Paul, with emphasis on his interpretation of Scripture and his understanding of the Christian message. The course is offered Monday afternoons on the Divinity College campus.

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Winter 2008 (Jan - Apr)

BIBL 6023 NT 2. This course offers an introduction to the New Testament books, Acts to Revelation, in their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Section one is offered Wednesday and Friday mornings on the Divinity College campus in Wolfville (first meeting Wednesday Jan 9); section two is offered Monday nights at the Baptist Church in Bedford (first meeting Monday Jan 14) Nova Scotia.

Teaching materials – Wolfville: Syllabus
Teaching materials – Bedford: Syllabus

GREE 7013. This is an intermediate exegesis course in the Greek of the New Testament with a study of vocabulary, the syntax of New Testament Greek, and an overview of questions relating to the text and canon of the New Testament. This term the course will read selections of the Gospel of Mark, including a few brief selections from Paul. Prerequisite: GREE 6006 or its equivalent. 

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Summer 2008 (July)

NS501 NT 2. This course provides an introduction to the study of the book of Acts, the letters of the New Testament, and the book of Revelation. Questions such as the authorship, purpose, structure, date, and occasion of each of these documents are considered insofar as they aid our understanding of the New Testament and contribute to our grasp of the theology of each of these documents. These writings, which proclaim the good news of Messiah Jesus, will be studied in historical context, beginning with important figures and developments in the "intertestamental" period.

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Teaching materials: List of Recommended NT Commentaries and Reference Works