NT008-712 - The Synoptic Gospels (English)

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6; NT001-512, NT001-712 or NT003-512, NT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT420. NT009-612, NT009-712, NT009-812

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the contents, themes and character of the Synoptic Gospels in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding the Synoptic Gospels

2. Discuss various perspectives on the themes and theological teachings of the Synoptic Gospels

3. Exegete selected passages of the English text of the Synoptic Gospels 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of the Synoptic Gospels to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

Candidates are required to learn to employ exegetical methods of modern critical scholarship. Candidates may not take any unit in which they repeat material completed in another unit. 

  1. The theology and critical issues in modern study of the Gospel chosen, with the capacity to review and evaluate significant interpretive perspectives.
  2. Exegesis of the English text of Luke 14–24 (or a comparable block of chapters from a Synoptic Gospel).

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Recommended:

Blomberg, C. L., Jesus and the Gospels (Leicester: Apollos, 2002 repr).

Burridge, R. A., Four Gospels One Jesus (2nd & updated ed.; London: SPCK, 2005).

Burridge, R. A., What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography (2nd & updated ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Goodacre, M., The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze (Sheffield: SAP, 2001).

Goodacre, M., The Case Against Q (Harrisburg, PA: TPI, 2002).

 

Classic:

Sanders, E. and M. Davies, Studying the Synoptic Gospels (London: SCM, 1989).

 

Studies on Luke:

Evans, C. A. and J. A. Sanders, Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993).

Fitzmyer, J. A., Luke the Theologian (New York: Paulist, 1989).

Forbes, G. W., The God of Old: The Role of the Lukan Parables in the Purpose of Luke’s Gospel (Sheffield: SAP, 2000).

Marshall, I. H., Luke: Historian & Theologian (repr & updated; Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998).

Neyrey, J. H., The Social World of Luke-Acts (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991).

Tannehill, R., The Narrative Unity of Luke–Acts (Vol. I; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1991).

Turner, M., Power from on High: The Spirit in Israel's Restoration and Witness in Luke-Acts (Sheffield: SAP, 1996).

 

Commentaries:

Bock, D. L., Luke (2 Vols; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994, 1996).

Bovon, F., Luke 1: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1-9:50 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002).

Green, J. B., The Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997).

Fitzmyer, J. A., The Gospel According to Luke (2 Vols; New York: Doubleday, 1979, 1985).

Johnson, L. T and D. J, Herrington The Gospel of Luke (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006).

Talbert, C. H., Reading Luke (New York: Crossroad, 1988).

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