BIBL 1203 - New Testament History and Literature

3 credits

[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement; A prerequisite for all other New Testament Bible courses.] This course is a survey of the New Testament. Beginning with a discussion of topics pertinent to the study of the New Testament (language, canon, text) and a review of its historical and social contexts, the course then examines in overview fashion the major literary units that form the New Testament: the Gospels and Acts; the Pauline and General Epistles; and the Revelation. All the New Testament books are studied with attention to matters of authorship, date, occasion for writing, structure and theological content.