NT - New Testament

  • 990 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 1
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 1
    AQF level
  • New Testament Unit Discipline

Content

Section A: The general background of the New Testament community and its writings.

Section B: The Founder and Head of the Christian Community:

  • The Gospels: their nature, purpose, authors.
  • The Gospel according to St. Mark: its contents, structure and simple exegesis.

Section C: The Early Christian Community:

  • Its life, belief, mission and growth (a study of Acts 1–15).
  • An early congregation: difficulties encountered and Paul’s response to them (a study of 1 Corinthians 1–11)
  • A message of hope to churches under threat of persecution (a study of 1 Peter).

Set Readings

Introductions to the New Testament:

Achtemeier, P. J., J. B. Green & M. M. Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001).

Drane, J., Introducing the New Testament (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2001).

Gundry, R. H., A Survey of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).

 

Commentaries on Set Books:

Wright, T., Mark for Everyone (London: SPCK, 2001).

Telford, W. R., Mark (Sheffield: Continuum, 2003).

Wright, T., Paul for Everyone: 1 Corinthians (London: SPCK, 2003).

Hahn, S. & C. Mitch, 1 and 2 Corinthians (San Fransisco: Ignatius, 2004).

Boring, M. E., 1 Peter (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999).

Senior, D. & D. J. Harrington, 1 Peter, Jude and 2 Peter (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2003).

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