Summer 2017/Pasadena

NT500

Winn

NT500: NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION (4 Units: 160 hours). Adam Winn.

DESCRIPTION: New Testament Introduction orients students to the literature of the New Testament in its various literary, historical, and theological contexts and to New Testament interpretation in service of Christian practice.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Having successfully completed this course students will have demonstrated that they (1) have an introductory knowledge of the literature, history, and theology of the New Testament; (2) can identify a range of questions (e.g., historical, literary, canonical) that might be addressed to particular New Testament texts and can explore those questions in the process of interpreting particular New Testament texts; (3) are able to take into account the varied contexts of both the biblical materials and their contemporary interpreters; and (4) can read the New Testament in ways that foster faithful Christian practice.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets daily as a two-week intensive for four-hour sessions for a total of 36 hours in the classroom for lecture and discussion plus 4 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.

REQUIRED READING: 810 total pages of books and articles required, plus reading the entire NT.

The CEB, NRSV or TNIV translation of the New Testament.

De La Torre, Miguel. Reading the Bible from the Margins. Orbis Books, 2002. ISBN: 978-1570754104, Pub. Price $22.00 [180 pp.].

DeSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Context, Methods, & Ministry Formation. IVP, 2004. ISBN: 978-0830827466, Pub. Price $50.00 [630 pp.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. 810 pages of required reading, plus reading the entire NT. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-4]. [80 hours, including 25 hours of reading the entire NT].

  2. Critical review of and response to Reading the Bible from the Margins, 1200 words. (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [10 hours preparing and writing].

  3. Interpretive Assignment (signature assignment): 3000-word interpretive research paper on an assigned passage. (50%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-4]. [15-20 hours preparing & writing].

  4. Mini-Exams—short objective exams on course content—one after each week of class. (30%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [14 hours preparing and taking exam through online medium outside of class].

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets a core requirement in the 120 MDiv, 80 MAT, 80 MATM, and 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015) and the MATM, MAICS, and MACL Programs (Winter 2010).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.


NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change.

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