A comprehensive study of the synoptic Gospels, including a history of synoptic studies, a survey of contemporary approaches, literary criticism, theology, and content. Students will work from the Greek New Testament.

A comprehensive study of the fourth Gospel, the three Johannine epistles, and Revelation, including introductory issues, hermeneutics, exegesis, and John’s life. Students will work from the Greek New Testament.

An introduction to the principles and methods of interpretation used by the New Testament writers, the history of hermeneutics, and contemporary approaches to biblical interpretation. Students will use the Greek New Testament to understand principles, methods, and illustrations.

A comprehensive study of the 13 letters of Paul, including introductory issues, hermeneutics, exegesis, and Paul’s life and thought. Students will work from the Greek New Testament.

This seminar is an introduction to the interpretative methodology of historiography. Theories of Greek, Roman and Jewish history writing will be discussed, based on a reading of primary sources in Greek, Hebrew and Latin as well as secondary sources in German and French. This seminar also investigates the book of Acts from the perspectives of languages, history, culture, and theology.

A comprehensive study of the Epistle to the Hebrews including introductory issues, hermeneutics, and exegesis. Includes a unit on textual criticism. Students will work from the Greek New Testament.

A study of these general epistles including introductory issues, hermeneutics, and exegesis. Students will work from the Greek New Testament. Special attention will be given to those passages that have proven particularly difficult and/or controversial.

This seminar is an intensive investigation of background issues of the New Testament world. This seminar investigates the languages, history, and culture in which the New Testament was written (Hellenistic Judaism, Palestinian Judaism, and Roman Hellenism). The participants of this seminar will read from primary sources in Greek, Hebrew, and Latin as well as secondary sources in German and French.

This seminar is an intensive study of the history and principles of New Testament textual criticism, including an examination of the relative values of the critical text and the Textus Receptus. The students will discuss methods and issues concerning textual criticism with noted text critics. Each seminar participant will learn how to collate fragments, manuscripts and documents. The participants of this seminar will read from primary sources in Greek, Hebrew, and Latin and other languages of antiquity as well as secondary sources in German and French.

The history of the theology of the New Testament is traced, along with examining contemporary issues in the discipline, including the nature, center, and methodology. After giving proper attention to these issues, the seminar majors on issues in the theology of Jesus and on Jesus as presented in the four Gospels.

A seminar devoted to a detailed study of the theology of Pauline writing. Attention is given to contemporary issues in Pauline theology and an examination of the salient features of the theological content of the Pauline epistles.

This doctoral seminar covers the content and major critical issues of selected passages of Scripture that have a history of being especially challenging and enigmatic to biblical interpreters. Emphasis will be on hermeneutics and exegesis. Since this seminar is exegetically based, extensive reading and work will be from the Greek New Testament.