NS543/NT843
Kim
NS543/NT843: JESUS AND PAUL. Seyoon Kim.
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.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- 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.
COURSE FORMAT:
- After an introductory lecture, topics will be distributed among
participants for research presentation and discussion in the seminars of the
subsequent weeks.
REQUIRED READING:
- 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.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- An extensive bibliography to be provided.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Reading of the required books and articles.
- Presentation on the topic(s) assigned.
- A research paper of ca. 30 pages on an approved topic.
PREREQUISITES:
- For master's level students: LG512; NS500, NS501, NE502, any NTE,
any NTT; and permission of the instructor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- No.