Canon, Gospel literary genre. Synoptic fact. Contents and theological perspectives of the synoptic gospels. Introduction to exegetical methods such as historical criticism, narrative criticism and reader's response. Format: Lectures/discussion. Evaluation: Written assignments/research paper/in class and online discussions. [Faculty Consent required; 32 max enrollment]
Study of Luke-Acts from narrative perspective. Focus on its perspectives on Jesus, the Spirit, the disciples, the Church, the role of women, and salvation. Format: Lecture/seminar. Evaluation: Participation and research papers. Greek not mandatory but helpful. [Intro to the NT or Synoptics; Faculty Consent required; 15 max enrollment; Auditors excluded]
Exegetical and theological study of Paul's letters as expressions of an early Christian contextual theology. Location of each letter in the whole Pauline corpus. Survey of theological themes with emphasis on their contemporary relevance. Lectures/assignments/presentation/research paper. The course is intended for MDiv, MTS, MA, and STL students [32 max enrollment]
Exegetical and theological study of Paul's letters as expressions of an early Christian contextual theology. Location of each letter in the whole Pauline corpus. Survey of theological themes with emphasis on their contemporary relevance. Audio podcasts. Discussion forums/assignments/research paper. [PIN code required; 12 max enrollment; Auditors excluded
The course will consider the categories of Greek MSS of the NT; will study the phenomena of variation among MSS, will tackle with various methods to compare and classify MSS, including their collation. It includes a hands-on experience as we work on one ancient manuscript of the NT during the second half of the semester. Format: Lecture/seminar. Evaluation: Presentations/short research papers. [3 semesters of Greek; PIN code required; Auditors excluded]
This seminar will examine material from the NT which describe visionary experiences found in the synoptic Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, 2 Corinthians, and Revelation. It will use approaches from cultural anthropology, intertextuality, narrative criticism, and media studies to study these segments of the NT. Format: lectures/seminar. Evaluation: student presentations, short written assignments, term paper. [15 max enrollment; Auditors excluded]
Canon, milieu, Gospel literary genre. Synoptic fact. Contents and theological perspectives of the synoptic gospels. Introduction to exegetical methods such as historical criticism, narrative criticism and reader's response. Format: Readings, audio podcasts, discussion forum, wiki. Evaluation: Written assignments/participation. This is the online version of NT2530 Methods: Study of the Synoptics designed for MDiv/MTS/MA. [Faculty Consent required; 15 max enrollment; Auditors excluded]
LUKE-ACTS: POSTCOLONIAL READING This course focuses on reading the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles through postcolonial perspectives with an interest for social justice. The first part of the course surveys postcolonial theories. The second part introduces various ways to interpret Luke-Acts from a postcolonial perspective. The third and fourth parts examine passages in Luke-Acts with various theories/methods found in postcolonial literature and contextualizes interpretations of the text. Students practice their own postcolonial interpretation of two passages, one from the Gospel of Luke and the other from the Acts of the Apostles. Overall, this course is an exploratory and pioneering exegetical workshop for students, which will enlarge their view on reading, interpreting, and relating biblical texts for them and the people to whom they will minister. Format: lectures/class discussions. Evaluation: a short written assignment, student presentations, exegetical papers. For MDiv, STM, STL, MA, PhD and STD students. This course is co-taught by Hyun Ho Park with a Newhall Award. [15 max enrollment; Auditors with faculty permission]
This seminar surveys and discusses recent literary approaches to John's Gospel from the late 20th century until now. The introduction of the course deals with conventional questions such as place and date of composition, relation to the synoptics, composition, and theological features. The remaining of the course focuses on literary interpretations of the whole Fourth Gospel or of sections of it with attention to the various methods and approaches used. Students will take turn at leading discussion on the secondary literature and will produce a final paper approaching one feature/passage of the Fourth Gospel from a literary perspective in dialogue with scholarly literature. This course is aimed at advanced MDiv and MTS students, MA, and STL students. Doctoral level students are also welcome. Capacity at reading the Gospel in Greek and at reading one or two additional modern languages beside English is greatly appreciated. [Faculty Consent required; 14 max enrollment]