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The New Testament

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Biblical Studies Courses Archaeology Courses Literary Analysis Courses

Course Description

Overview

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

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 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?

Taught by

Bart D. Ehrman

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