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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?
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Bart D. Ehrman

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