Introduction to Holy Scripture WT-DTE-WPS
Course contents:
1. Pre-Christian meaning of inspiration.
2. Inspiration in the New Testament.
3. Old Testament categories and formulas describing the God’s self-revelation.
4. Theology of inspiration in the Christian antiquity.
5. Medieval understanding of inspiration.
6. Modern doctrines of inspiration.
7. Canon and canonicity.
8. History of the Old Testament canon.
9. History of the New Testament canon.
10. Archeology and the transmission of the biblical text.
11. Methods of text transmission in antiquity and in Middle Ages.
12. Textual criticism and critical editions of the biblical text.
13. Extra-canonical literature.
14. Main streams of biblical exegesis.
15. Biblical hermeneutics.
Assessment methods:Oral exam on the end of semseter.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Bibliography
1. B.M. Metzger, The Canon of the New Testament. Its Origin, Development, and Significance, Oxford 1987.
2. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology, ed. J.B. Green, M. Turner, Grand Rapids 2000.
3. J.K. Brown, Scripture as Communication, Grand Rapids 2007.
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