Summer 2009/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: August 3-14
NS512
Young

NS512: JESUS Y EL REINO DE DIOS [Jesus and the Kingdom of God]. Stephen E. Young.


DESCRIPTION: This course, offered in Spanish, focuses upon the central message of Jesus as presented in the canonical Gospels. Questions such as the view of the reign of God in documents of the Old Testament and the Second Temple Period, the appropriation of Jesus' proclamation by Paul and other NT and post-NT writers, and the history of scholarship on the meaning of the kingdom of God are considered insofar as they inform our understanding of the latter.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1) a fundamental knowledge of the content of Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels; (2) an acquaintance with the place of that proclamation in the wider NT canon; (3) an understanding of the historical importance of the theme of the kingdom of God in Latin American theology, especially Liberation Theology; (4) an appreciation for the potential of Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God for informing a radical ecclesiology and a transforming discipleship.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: A thorough understanding of the proclamation of Jesus is essential for developing an approach to ministry that is distinctively Christian.

COURSE FORMAT: Lectures and discussion of the assigned primary and secondary readings. The class meets five times weekly for four-hour sessions.

REQUIRED READING:
Arias, Mortimer. Anunciando el reinado de Dios: Evangelización integral desde la memoria de Jesús. San José: Visión Mundial, 1998.
Driver, Juan. Contra corriente: Ensayo sobre eclesiología radical. 3ra ed. Comunidad en Compromiso. Santafé de Bogotá y Ciudad de Guatemala: Ediciones Clara-Semilla, 1998.
González, Antonio. Reinado de Dios e imperio: Ensayo de teología social. Colección "Panorama". Santander: Editorial Sal Terrae, 2003.
Ridderbos, Herman N. La Venida del Reino. Teología del Nuevo Testamento. Buenos Aires: Ediciones la Aurora, 1985. (En el CD para el curso.)

RECOMMENDED READING:
Jeremias, J. Teología del Nuevo Testamento, Vol. 1: La Predicación de Jesús. Traducción de Constantino Ruiz-Garrido. Biblioteca de Estudios Bíblicos 2. Salamanca: Sígueme, 2001.
Ladd, G. E. El evangelio del reino. Miami: Editorial Vida, 1985.
_______. Teología del Nuevo Testamento. Colección Teológica Contemporánea. Traducción de José-María Blanch y Dorcas González Bataller. Barcelona: Clie, 2002.

ASSIGNMENTS:

  1. Attendance and participation (10% of final grade)

  2. Two essays: one short (3-5 pages, 20%); one longer (10-12 pages, 40%)

  3. Final examination (30%)

PREREQUISITES: Spanish; NS500.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in New Testament Theology (NTT).

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (4/09)