Spring 2016/Pasadena

NT500

Givens

NT500: NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION (4 Units: 160 hours). Tommy Givens.

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 twice weekly for two-hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom for lecture and discussion in Spanish.

REQUIRED READING: 959 pages of required reading.

La Biblia. Reina Valera 95 o La Biblia de Jerusalén preferred [235 pp. assigned].

Theissen, Gerd. La Sombra del Galileo: Un relato desde las investigaciones históricas sobre Jesús de Nazarét. Trans. Constantino Ruiz-Garrido. Ediciones Sígueme, 2011. ISBN: 978-8430110612, Pub.price $18.00 [224 pp.].

Course packet on e-reserves. Includes articles by Aníbal Cañaveral Orozco, José Cárdenas Pallares, Severino Croatto, Joel Ferreira, Irene Foulkes, Jacir de Freitas Faria, Daniel Groody, René Krüger, Paulo Lockmann, Mercedes Lopes, Javier López, Raúl H. Lugo Rodríguez, Sandra Nancy Mansilla, María Antonia Marques, Nestor Míguez, Franklyn Pimentel-Torres, Jorge Pixley, Dagoberto Ramírez F., Jacil Rodrigues de Brito, María Engracia Robles Robles, Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, Pedro Luis Stringhini, Elsa Tamez, Hermes Tonini, Gonzalo M. de la Torre Guerrero, Leif Vaage, María Cristina Ventura Campusano, and others [app. 500 pp.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. 959 pages of logged, required reading (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-4.] [76 hours].

  2. Book Review [1,000 words] (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3.] [10 hours]

  3. Reflection paper on Revelation [1,000 words] (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-4] [6 hours]

  4. Interpretative Working Papers [2 papers; 1,500 words each] (40% total ; 20% for the first, 20% for the second). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-4.] [18 hours].

  5. Final Exam (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-4.] [10 hours].

PREREQUISITES: Fluency in Spanish.

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

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.


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