DESCRIPTION:

This seminar, intended for doctoral students and open to a very limited number of master's level students, provides a forum for a reading of some texts (mostly in Greek) that relate to the political, economic, social, philosophical and religious setting of the New Testament.

This course is primarily designed for future teachers and scholars in the church. All who wish to know how the New Testament relates to its social and religious environment will be helped to see the way communication becomes a factor in reading the New Testament then and now.

The group will meet once a week for a two-hour session, with personalized tutorials and readings prescribed.

Barrett, C. K. The New Testament Background: Selected Documents. Macmillan, 1957 (reprinted).

Jeffers, James S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament. InterVarsity Press, 1999.

Martin, Ralph P. New Testament Foundations, Vol. 2. Wipf & Stock, 1986 (reprinted).

Tripolitis, Antonia. Religions of the Hellenistic-Roman Age. Eerdmans, 2001.

An essay will be written and presented for class discussion.

CATS enrolled members, with a special invitation to a limited number of M.Div./M.A. students (who are suitably qualified) with the permission of the instructor.

Elective.

None.