The New Testament

Discover how historical research can illuminate the New Testament in this riveting course that combines biblical scholarship, archaeology, and literary analysis.

Syllabus

01: The Early Christians and Their Literature
02: The Greco-Roman Context
03: Ancient Judaism
04: The Earliest Traditions About Jesus
05: Mark-Jesus the Suffering Son of God
06: Matthew-Jesus the Jewish Messiah
07: Luke-Jesus the Savior of the World
08: John-Jesus the Man from Heaven
09: Noncanonical Gospels
10: The Historical Jesus-Sources and Problems
11: The Historical Jesus-Solutions and Methods
12: Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet
13: The Acts of the Apostles
14: Paul-The Man, the Mission, and the Modus Operandi
15: Paul and the Crises of His Churches-First Corinthians
16: Pauline Ethics
17: Paul's Letter to the Romans
18: Paul, Jesus, and James
19: The Deutero-Pauline Epistles
20: The Pastoral Epistles
21: The Book of Hebrews and the Rise of Christian Anti-Semitism
22: First Peter and the Persecution of the Early Christians
23: The Book of Revelation
24: Do We Have the Original New Testament?
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Bart D. Ehrman

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