Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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CARS 3010 - New Testament
Surveys the writings of the New Testament in their historical, political, social, and religious context of the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds in the first century. Discussions to gain familiarity with questions of authorship, genre, historical setting, historical accuracy, use of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, etc. Explores modern academic approaches to the New Testament and its relation to such issues as gender, ethics, identity, the body, politics, ritual, and sacred space, among others. While the course does not adopt a faith-based perspective on the New Testament, we will note the importance of selected texts to modern religious communities.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2HL
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to distinguish different interpretations of the NT texts by various Christian and Muslim traditions.
- Students will be able to describe conventions of genre, authorship, and writing procedures in the ancient world.
- Students will be able to describe historical circumstances of the events to which NT texts refer and of their composition.
- Students will be able to identify ancient ideas like the afterlife, supernatural agents, gender, and other social patterns.
- Students will be able to interpret texts and reflect on how some texts interpret other texts.
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