NT401 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

This course will present a survey of the 27 books of the New Testament, taking into account the literary, historical, and theological significance of these texts. The course will also provide students with a broad overview of the social, political, and religious world of the New Testament and of central issues in New Testament interpretation such as the quest for the historical Jesus, the relationship between the four gospels, the role of Paul in the emerging Christian movement, and the centrality of the resurrection to the life and Theology of the early Church.