ClassInfo - Spring 2022 Religious Studies Classes

Spring 2022 | RELS 3072 Section 001: The Birth of Christianity (68355)

Instructor(s): Joshua Reno
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:: CNRC 3072 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022

Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, East Bank

Nicholson Hall 115
Enrollment Status:: Open (7 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:: Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Early Jesus movement in cultural/historical setting. Origins in Judaism. Traditions about Jesus. Apostle Paul, controversies/interpreters. Authority, religious practice, structure. Emergence of canon. Contemporary methods of New Testament study. Biblical writings as history/narrative. CNES 3072/CNES 5072/RELS 3072/RELS 5072 meet together.
Class Description:: This course will introduce the basics of reading the New Testament and contextualizing these writings within their ancient political, social, religious and cultural contexts. We will attend to the details of the genre, literary features (language, imagery, metaphors, plot, setting, characterization and rhetoric), and religious dimensions of these texts in order to appreciate the varied perspectives within the collection of documents that make up the New Testament. We will also introduce various modern critical methods of biblical interpretation. Taught by Prof. Stephen Ahearne-Kroll
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68355/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 April 2014

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