Wabash College
Religion 162, Spring 2009
Professor Robert Royalty

PowerPoint Slides

 

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to the Course
The Greco Roman World
Second Temple Judaism
The Essenes, Qumran, and John the Baptist

 

 

THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

 Introduction to Kata Markon
Mark II: Healings, Controversies, and Parables
Mark III: The Disciples and the Suffering Messiah
The Synoptic Problem
The Gospel of Matthew
Matthean Redaction Discussion Questions
Luke-Acts I
Luke-Acts II
Luke-Acts III

 
 

 

 THE HISTORICAL JESUS

The Quest, Enlightenment to Schweitzer and Wrede
The Quest, to the Present
Other Early Christian Gospels

 

 
 

 

 THE FOURTH GOSPEL

The Prologue
Theology of the Fourth Gospel
From Theology to Social History
The Johannine Epistles
 
 

 

 PAUL AND HIS INTERPRETERS

Paul: An Introduction
Paul's Letters
1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians and the Sociology of the Pauline Churches
1 Corinthians 5-7: Sex, Slaves, and the Spirit
Pauline Theology: Spirit and Church
Galatians and Romans
Romans
The Pastoral Epistles
The Paul of Acts
Women in Early Christianity (Discussion Day)
 
 

THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN 

The Seven Cities of Asia
The Lamb and the Beast
Babylon and the New Jerusalem
 
 

General and Catholic Epistles

Hebrews
1 Peter

 
 

 THE NEW TESTAMENT AND BEYOND

Early Christian Heresiology
Early Christian Apologetics
Beyond the New Testament