NT019-712 - Pauline Theology and Romans (Greek)

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

Prerequisites

LA006

Corequisites

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

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT435.

NT027, NT051, NT018

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 Pauline theology and the Book of Romans in the Greek 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 Greek 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. Translation and exegesis of the Greek text of six chapters from Romans 1–8.

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:

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

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).

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

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

Nanos, M. D., The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996).

Pate, C. M., The End of the Age Has Come: The Theology of Paul (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995).

Penna, R., Paul the Apostle (Vols I & II; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1996).

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

Stowers, S. K., Rereading of Romans: Justice, Jews and Gentiles (New Haven: Yale Unuversity, 1994).

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

 

Romans – Studies and Commentaries:

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

Chae, D. J–S., Paul as Apostle to the Gentiles: His Apostolic Self–Awareness and its Influence on the Soteriological Argument of Romans (Carlisle: Paternoster, 1997).

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).

Dunn, J. D. G., Romans (2 Vols; Dallas, TX: Word, 1988).

Fitzmyer, J. A., Romans (New York: Doubleday, 1993).

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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