NT425 - Pauline Theology and Romans (English Text)
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0 Standard Tuition Fee
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4Credit Points
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0.125 EFT
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7AQF level
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new testamentUnit Discipline
Corequisites
NT302
Exclusions
NT429
NT435
NT439
Set Text
This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students willA. Know and understand
- Pauline Theology: its major themes and integrating ideas
- Contemporary issues in the study of Paul, especially the ‘new perspective’ on Paul
- The themes and theology of Romans
- Relation of Romans to the other Pauline writings
- The English text of Romans
- The nature and methods of New Testament exegesis
B. Be able to
- Use sources such as biblical and theological dictionaries, commentaries and on-line resources
- Recognise literary form, genre, structure and rhetorical conventions
- Compare and contrast translations
- Evaluate matters relating to authorship, date and purpose
- Utilize the historical, social and cultural contexts
- Assign passages to the literary and canonical contexts
- Establish the meaning of significant words and phrases in the contexts of Romans and Paul’s other writings
- Trace inter-textual references and allusions
- Discuss the main themes, arguments and theological teachings
- Exegete the English text of selected chapters from Romans
- Explain the place of Romans in the development of Paul’s theology
C. Be in a position to
- Exegete the English text of Romans for personal understanding and for use in ministry contexts
- Integrate perspectives from Romans and Paul’s other writings into biblical interpretation and Christian thinking
- Apply the teaching of Romans and Paul’s other writings to situations and issues in contemporary Christianity and society
Content
- Pauline theology: its integrating ideas and its major themes (e.g. Christology, eschatology, ecclesiology, Paul and the law, centrum Paulinum).
- The major issues in contemporary study and the central themes of Romans.
- Exegesis of the English text of eight chapters from Romans 1–11.
Set Readings
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).