DESCRIPTION:

This CATS graduate seminar, open to a limited number of master's level students, is to deal with some vital issues concerning Christian origins, such as the relationship between Jesus' gospel of the Kingdom of God and Paul's gospel of Christ's death and resurrection, or more generally between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith/kerygma, Paul's knowledge and use of the Jesus tradition, the continuity and discontinuity between Jesus and Paul in attitude and ministry, etc. Discussion of these topics should shed light both on the origin and nature of the gospel and the Christian faith and on the Pauline hermeneutics and method of theologizing.

The seminar should help students to know more clearly what to preach/teach and to develop insights as to how to preach/teach the gospel effectively today.

After an introductory lecture, topics will be distributed among participants for research presentation and discussion in the seminars of the subsequent weeks.

Richardson, P. and J. C. Hurd, eds. From Jesus to Paul. Waterloo: Laurier University Press, 1984.

Thompson, M. Clothed with Christ. (JSNTSS 59.) Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.

Wedderburn, A. J. M. and C. Wolff, eds. Paul and Jesus. (JNTSS 37.) Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.

Wenham, D. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Wrede, W. Paul. London: Green, 1907.

An extensive bibliography to be provided.

1. Reading of the required books and articles.

2. Presentation on the topic(s) assigned.

3. A research paper of ca. 30 pages on an approved topic.

For master's level students: LG512; NS500, NS501, NE502, any NTE, any NTT; and permission of the instructor.

Elective.

No.