NT011-712 - Paul and Corinthian Christianity (Greek)

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

Prerequisites

LA006-612

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6; NT002-512, NT002-712 or NT003-512, NT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT431. Unit exclusions: NT010-512, NT010-612, NT010-712, NT024-612, NT024-712, NT024-812, NT025-612, NT025-712, NT025-812 (if the 1 Corinthians option has been chosen), NT010-812

Set Text Greek

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses, and the original language set text requirement of the Master of Divinity.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the book/s of 1 (or 1 & 2) Corinthians in the Greek text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding 1 (or 1 & 2) Corinthians

2. Discuss various perspectives on the main themes and theological teachings of 1 (or 1 & 2) Corinthians

3. Translate and Exegete selected passages of the Greek text of 1 (or 1 & 2) Corinthians

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of 1 (or 1 & 2) Corinthians to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

Candidates are required to learn and employ exegetical methods of modern critical scholarship.  Candidates who pursue exegesis in the Greek text are also urged to include OT447 in their studies, as Greek exegesis will expect an acquaintance with the issues in the major textual variants

Candidates may not take any unit in which they repeat material completed in another unit. 

  1. The church at Corinth: its foundation, the influences upon its life, and the theological and ethical issues reflected in the Pauline letters.
  2. Translation and exegesis of the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 1–4, 12–15 (or a comparable block of chapters from 1 and 2 Corinthians).

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.

 

Theological and General Studies:

Adams, E. and D. G. Horrell (eds), Christianity at Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline Church (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004).

Cheng, A. T., Idol Food in Corinth: Jewish Background and Pauline Legacy (Sheffield: SAP, 1999).

Furnish, V. P., The Theology of the First Letter to the Corinthians (Cambridge: CUP, 1999).

Hafemann, S., Suffering and Ministry in the Spirit: Paul’s Defence of his Ministry in 1 Corinthians 2:14–3:3 (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000).

Welborn, L. L., Paul, the Full of Christ (London/New York: T&T Clark, 2005).

Winter, B. W., After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001).

 

Classics:

Banks, R., Paul's Idea of Community (Rev. ed.; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994).

Chow, J. K., Patronage and Power: Studies on Social Networks in Corinth (Sheffield: SAP, 1992).

Clarke, A. D., Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth; A Socio–Historical and Exegetical Study of 1 Corinthians 1–6 (Leiden: Brill, 1993).

Forbes, C. B., Prophecy and Inspired Speech in Early Christianity and Its Hellenistic Environment (Tübingen: Mohr, 1995).

Litfin, D., St Paul’s Theology of Proclamation: 1 Corinthians 1–4 and Greco–Roman Rhetoric (Cambridge: CUP, 1994).

Martin, D. B., The Corinthian Body (New Haven: Yale University, 1995).

Pickett, R., The Cross in Corinth: The Social Significance of the Death of Jesus (Sheffield: SAP, 1997).

Savage, T. B., Power through Weakness: Paul’s Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians (New York: CUP, 1996).

Theissen, G., The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982).

Welborn, L. L., Politics and Rhetoric in the Corinthians Epistles (Macon, GA: Mercer University, 1996).

 

Commentaries:

Collins, R. F., First Corinthians (Collegeville: Liturgical, 1999).

Dunn, J. D. G., 1 Corinthians (Sheffield: Continuum, 2003).

Garland, D., 1 Corinthians (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003).

Harris, M. J., The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).

Horsley, R. A., 1 Corinthians (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998).

Keener, C. S., 1- 2 Corinthians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Thiselton, A. C., The First Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC). (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

Thrall, M. E., A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (2 Vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1994-2000).

 

Classics:

Fee, G. D., The First Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987).

Hays, R. B., First Corinthians (Louisville: John Knox, 1997).

Witherington, B., Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio–Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994).

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