Spring 2015/Fuller Online

NE567

Stack-Nelson

NE567: NEW TESTAMENT BOOK STUDY: 1 CORINTHIANS (4 Units: 160 hours). Judith Stack-Nelson.

DESCRIPTION: This course will examine Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians with special attention to its literary/rhetorical features, theological perspective, cultural setting, and distinctive concerns, and will explore how its message both presents challenges and provides resources for ministry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Having successfully completed this course, students will have demonstrated the ability (1) to interpret First Corinthians within its socio-historical, literary, and canonical contexts; (2) to identify central issues in the critical study of First Corinthians; (3) to articulate primary theological, pastoral, and ethical concerns of First Corinthians; (4) to use English-based language tools for interpreting the text; and (5) to interpret this text for faithful use of Scripture in their own lives and ministries.

COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours, which is outlined below in the assignment and assessment section. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.

REQUIRED READING: 1,050 total pp. of required reading.

First Corinthians in CEB or NRSV translations. [12 pp.]. Highly recommended: The HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV).

Grant, Robert M. Paul in the Roman World: the Conflict at Corinth. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0664224523, Pub. Price $30.00 [133 pp. assigned].

Choose at least ONE of the following commentaries to read each week in conjunction with the chapters we are working on [approximately 600 pp.].

Fee, Gordon. The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Revised Edition (The New International Commentary on the New Testament). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2014. ISBN: 978-0802871367, Pub. Price $65.00 [1044 pp.].

Garland, David E. 1 Corinthians. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026300, Pub. Price $55.00 [870 pp.].

Thiselton, Anthony C. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN: 978-0802870919, Pub. Price $78.00 [1,492 pp.].

Articles and essays available on Moodle or via eReserves. [300 pp. assigned], selected from among the following:

Adewuya, J. Ayodeji. “Revisiting 1 Corinthians 11.27-34: Paul’s Discussion of the Lord’s Supper and African Meals.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 30 (2007): 95-112.

Brookins, Timothy A. “Rhetoric and Philosophy in the First Century: Their Relation with Respect to 1 Corinthians 1-4.” Neotestamentica 44.2 (2010): 233-252.

Byrne, Brendan. “Sinning Against One's Own Body: Paul's Understanding of the Sexual Relationship in 1 Corinthians 6:18.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45.4 (O 1983): 608-616.

Callan, Terrance. “Prophecy and Ecstasy in Greco-Roman Religion and in 1 Corinthians.” Novum Testamentum 27.2 (Ap 1985): 125-140.

Castelli, Elizabeth. “Interpretations of Power in 1 Corinthians.” Semeia 54 (1991): 197-222.

Dunn, James D. G. “How are the Dead Raised? With What Body Do They Come? Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15.” Southwestern Journal of Theology 45.1 (Fall 2002): 4-18.

Frestadius, Simo. “The Spirit and Wisdom in 1 Corinthians 2:1-13.” Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research 3 (Fall 2011): 52-70.

Gupta, Nijay. “Which ‘Body’ is a Temple (1 Corinthians 6:19)? Paul Beyond the Individual/Communal Divide.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72.3 (Jl 2010): 518-536.

Hays, Richard B., “The Conversion of the Imagination: Scripture and Eschatology in 1 Corinthians,” in The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel’s Scriptures (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), 1-24.

Janssen, Claudia; McNeil, Brian (Translator). “Bodily Resurrection (1 Cor. 15)? the Discussion of the Resurrection in Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Dorothee Sölle and Contemporary Feminist Theology.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 79 (S 2000): 61-78.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. “Life-Giving Spirit: The Ontological Implications of Resurrection.” Stone Campbell Journal 15 (2012): 75-89.

Kim, Yung Suk. “Reclaiming Christ's Body (soma christou): Embodiment of God's Gospel in Paul's Letters.” Interpretation 67.1 (Ja 2013) 20-29.

Lampe, Peter. “The Eucharist : Identifying with Christ on the Cross.” Interpretation 48.1 (Ja 1994): 36-49.

Macchia, Frank D. “’I Belong to Christ:’ a Pentecostal Reflection on Paul's Passion for Unity.” Pneuma 25.1 (Spr 2003): 1-6.

Osiek, Carolyn. “Christian Prophecy : Once Upon a Time?” Currents in Theology and Mission 17.4 (Ag 1990): 291-297.

Rabens, Volker. “Power from In Between: The Relational Experience of the Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts in Paul’s Churches,” in The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and Christian Theology (ed. I. H. Marshall, V. Rabens, and Cornelis Bennema; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012), 138-55.

Ross, Susan A. “‘Then honor God in your body’ (1 Cor 6:20): Feminist and Sacramental Theology on the Body.” Horizons 16.1 (Spr 1989): 7-27.

Saucy, Mark. “Evangelicals, Catholics, and Orthodox together: is the Church the Extension of the Incarnation?” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43.2 (Je 2000): 193-212.

Turner, Max. “Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Formation in 1 Corinthians and Ephesians.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 22 (2013): 187-205.

Thompson, Cynthia L. “Hairstyles, Head-coverings, and St. Paul : Portraits from Roman Corinth.” Biblical Archaeologist 51.2 (Je 1988): 99-115.

Wanamaker, Charles A. “Metaphor and Morality: Examples of Paul's Moral Thinking in 1 Corinthians 1-5.” Neotestamentica 39.2 (2005): 409, 411-434.