NT018-712 - Pauline Theology and Romans (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; NT002-512, NT002-712 or NT003-512, NT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT425.

NT026, NT051, NT019

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 Pauline theology and the Book of Romans in the English text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding Pauline theology and the Book of Romans

2. Discuss various perspectives regarding the main themes and theological teachings of Pauline theology and the Book of Romans

3. Exegete selected passages of the English text of Romans

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of Pauline theology and the Book of Romans to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

  1. Pauline theology: its integrating ideas and its major themes (e.g. Christology, eschatology, ecclesiology, Paul and the law, centrum Paulinum).
  2. The major issues in contemporary study and the central themes of Romans.
  3. Exegesis of the English text of eight chapters from Romans 1–11.

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.

 

Pauline Theology:

Dunn, J. D. G., The Theology of Paul the Apostle (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).

Dunn, J. D. G. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul (Cambridge: CUP, 2003).

Fitzmyer, J. A., “Pauline Theology” in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990).

Gorman, M. J., Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Westerholm, S., Perspectives Old and New on Paul (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

 

Classics:

Becker, J., Paul Apostle to the Gentiles (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993).

Fee, G., God’s Empowering Presence (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994).

Sanders, E. P., Paul and Palestinian Judaism (London: SCM, 1977).

 

Romans – Studies and Commentaries:

Byrne, B., Romans (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1996).

Cranfield, C. E. B., Romans: A Shorter Commentary (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1985).

Donfried, K. P., The Romans Debate (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991).

Donfried, K. P. and P. Richardson (eds), Judaism and Christianity in first–Century Rome (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).

Moo, D. J., The Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996).

Schreiner, T. R., Romans (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).

Soderlund, S. K and N. T. Wright (eds), Romans and the People of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999).

Stendahl, K., The Final Account: Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).

Wedderburn, A. J. M., The Reasons for Romans (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1991).

Westerholm, S., Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004).

Wright, N. T., ‘Romans’ in The New Interpreter's Bible (Vol. X; Nashville: Abingdon, 2002).

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