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NT 09: 1 Corinthians

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1 Corinthians

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To develop an academic understanding of 1 Corinthians, with a focus on the use of primary source materials and critical tools.

Course objectives

To develop an academic understanding of 1 Corinthians, with a focus on the use of primary source materials and critical tools.

To practice translation and exegesis of the Greek texts with grammar, syntax, etc.

To study the general themes, theological and practical issues, etc.

To help the student come face to face with the Scripture (1 Corinthians) and its implications for building faith community in the present Indian context.

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TEACHING METHODS

The course will consist of lectures on general themes and seminar paper and interactions. Translating the text and studying the grammar, syntax, etc. Writing exegetical papers on assigned text(s) for presenting in the class seminar. Reading of literatures given in the syllabus for better interaction.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Final Examination 100% (60% Translation and 40% Questions on Theological themes and issues)

MODE OF EXAMINATION

Written examination 60% Internal Assessment 40% Total 100

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Section A: Selected Texts for Translation and Exegesis:Section B: Introduction and Background Study of 1 CorinthiansSection C: The Theology of 1 Corinthians: Major ThemesSection D: The Theology of 1 Corinthians: Current Debates

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Develop a Corinthian community research forum

Choose a listed passage and issue, such as spiritual gifts, community divisions or shared meals. Build a translation note and contextual argument, compare an alternative reading and invite a peer to challenge the move from evidence to application.

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NT 09 1 Corinthians

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — M.Th. New Testament

AmaZing Grace Biblical Seminary Erumelikkara, Kumarapuram (PO), Aluva (via), Ernakulam (District), Kerala, India- Pin-683 565. Ph. 8547473926, 8281663926. M.TH. NEW TESTAMENT Area B: Texts of the New Testament NT 09: 1 Corinthians COURSE OBJECTIVES: To develop an academic understanding of 1 Corinthians, with a focus on the use of primary source materials and critical tools. To practice translation and exegesis of the Greek texts with grammar, syntax, etc. To study the general themes, theological and practical issues, etc. To help the student come face to face with the Scripture (1 Corinthians) and its implications for building faith community in the present Indian context. TEACHING METHODS: The course will consist of lectures on general themes and seminar paper and interactions. Translating the text and studying the grammar, syntax, etc. Writing exegetical papers on assigned text(s) for presenting in the class seminar. Reading of literatures given in the syllabus for better interaction. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Final Examination 100% (60% Translation and 40% Questions on Theological themes and issues) MODE OF EXAMINATION: Written examination 60% Internal Assessment 40% Total 100 COURSE OUTLINE: Section A: Selected Texts for Translation and Exegesis: 1 Corinthians 1:10-31; 2:1-17; 3:1-16; 4:1-13; 5:1-13; 6:1-11; 7:1-16; 8:1-13; 10:1-22; Chs. 11-15 Section B: Introduction and Background Study of 1 Corinthians (a) 1 Corinthians in Christian History and Significance (a) Authorship, date and place of writing (b) Recipient of the Letter/The City of Corinth (c) Occasion and Purpose of writing (d) Paul's Lost Letters and Contact with the Corinthian Church (d) Structure: Study of Outline of contents (e) Structure: The formal and Theological coherence Section C: The Theology of 1 Corinthians: Major Themes Christian Wisdom Unity and Diversity The Cross of Christ Apostolic Ministry The Lord's Supper Spiritual Gifts Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Believers Collection and Contribution Section D: The Theology of 1 Corinthians: Current Debates Division in the Church Fornication and Church Discipline Lawsuits Marriage and Divorce Sexual Immorality Food offered to Idols Head coverings on Men and Women SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY COMMENTARIES Barrett, C. K. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. Black's New Testament Commentaries, Second edition. London: A & C Black, [1968] 1994. Blomberg, Craig L. 1 Corinthians. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Bruce, F. F. I and II Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971. Carson, D. A. Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of I Corinthians 12-14. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987. **Collins, Raymond F. First Corinthians. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville: Liturgical, 1999. **Conzelmann, Hans. First Corinthians: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Edited by George W. MacRae. Translated by James W. Leitch. Hermeneia series. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1974. *Fee, Gordon D. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. **Garland, David E. I Corinthians. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. Hays, Richard B. First Corinthians. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997. Johnson, Alan F. 1 Corinthians. IVP New Testament Commentary. Leicester/Downers Grove: IVP, 2004. *Keener, Craig S. 1 - 2 Corinthians. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. *Kistemaker, Simon J. Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993. Mare, W. Harold. "1 Corinthians." In The Expositor's Bible Commentary, edited by Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 10. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976. Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm. Critical and Exegetical Hand-Book to the Epistles to the Corinthians. Translated by D. Douglas Bannerman. 1884. Reprint. Winona Lake: Alpha, 1979. Mills, Watson E. 1 Corinthians. Lewiston/Lampeter: Mellen, 1996. Morris, Leon. The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. Revised. Tyndale New Testament Commentary. Leicester: IVP; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985. Orr, William F., and James Arthur Walther. 1 Corinthians. Anchor Bible, vol. 32. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976. Prior, David. The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life in the Local Church. Bible Speaks Today. Leicester/Downers Grove: IVP, 1985. *Talbert, Charles H. Reading Corinthians. New York: Crossroad, 1987. **Thiselton, Anthony C. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. The New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Thrall, M. E. I and II Corinthians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. *Watson, Nigel. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. London: Epworth, 1992. *Witherington, Ben, III. Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. OTHER BOOKS Adams, Edward and David G. Horrell, eds. Christianity at Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline Church. Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. Baird, William. The Corinthian Church-A Biblical Approach to Urban Culture. New York: Abingdon, 1964. Banks, Robert. Paul's Idea of Community. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. Baxter, Ronald E. Gifts of the Spirit. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1983. Best, Ernest. One Body in Christ. London: SPCK, 1955. Bilezekian, Gilbert. Beyond Sex Roles: A Guide for the Study of Female Roles in the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985. Bittlinger, A. Gifts and Graces: A Commentary on 1 Cor 12-14. Translated by H. Klassen. London: Hodder and Stoughton; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1967, 1968. _________. Gifts and Ministries. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973. Boldrey, Richard, and Joyce Boldrey. Chauvinist or Feminist? Paul's View of Women. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976. Brown, Alexandra R. The Cross and Human Transformation: Paul's Apocalyptic Word in 1 Corinthians. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. Christensen, Larry. Speaking in Tongues and Its Significance for the Church. Minneapolis: Bethany, 1968. Christie-Murray, David. Voices from the Gods: Speaking with Tongues. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979. Chow, John K. Patronage and Power: A Study of Social Networks in Corinth. Sheffield: JSOT, 1992. Clark, Stephen B. Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences. Ann Arbor: Servant: 1980. Clarke, Andrew D. Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth. Leiden/New York: Brill, 1993. Culpepper, Robert H. Evaluating the Charismatic Movement: A Theological and Biblical Appraisal. Valley Forge: Judson, 1977. Cutten, G. B. Speaking with Tongues, Historically and Psychologically Considered. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927. Dahl, N. A. "Paul and the Church at Corinth According to I Corinthians 1:10-4:21," in Christian History and Interpretation. Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1987. Davis, James A. Wisdom and Spirit: An Investigation of 1 Corinthians 1:18-3:20against the Background of Jewish Sapiential Tradition in the Greco-Roman Period. Lanham: UPA, 1984. Duncan, D. Love, The Word That Heals: Reflections on 1st Corinthians, Chapter 13. Evesham: A. James, 1981. Dunn, James D. G. Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Studies in Biblical Theology, vol. 15. London: SCM, 1970. Dutch, Robert S. The Educated Elite in 1 Corinthians: Education and Community Conflict in Greco-Roman Context. London/New York: T & T Clark, 2005. Engels, Donald. Roman Corinth. An Alternative Model for the Classical City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Ervin, Howard M. Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit: A Critique of James D. G. Dunn, "Baptism in the Holy Spirit." Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1984. Evans, Mary J. Woman in the Bible. Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity, 1983. Furnish, Victor P. The Theology of the First Letter to the Corinthians. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Goldingay, John. The Church and the Gifts of the Spirit. Bramcote: Grove, 1972. Goodman, Felicitas D. Speaking in Tongues: A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. Grant, Robert M. Paul in the Roman World: The Conflict at Corinth. Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Harper, Michael. Three Sisters: A Provocative Look at Evangelicals, Charismatics and Catholic Charismatics and Their Relationship to One Another. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1979. Harrington, Daniel J. The Light of All Nations: Essays on the Church in New Testament Research. Wilmington: Glazier, 1982. Hock, Ronald F. The Social Context of Paul's Ministry. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980. Horrell, David G. The Social Ethos of the Corinthian Correspondence. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1996. Hunter, Harold D. Spirit-Baptism: A Pentecostal Alternative. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1983. Hurd, John C. The Origin of 1 Corinthians. New York: Seabury, 1965. MacGorman, Jack W. The Gifts of the Spirit: An Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14. Nashville: Broadman, 1974. Mallone, George. Those Controversial Gifts. Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity, 1983. Maloney, H. Newton, and A. Adams Lovekin, Jr. Glossolalia: Behavioral Science Perspectives on Speaking in Tongues. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Marshall, Peter. Enmity in Corinth: Social Conventions in Paul's Relations with the Corinthians. Tübingen: Mohr, 1987. Martin, Dale. B. The Corinthian Body. New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1995. Martin, Ralph P. The Spirit and the Congregation: Studies in 1 Corinthians 12-15. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. Meeks, W. A. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of an Apostle Paul. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Mitchell, Margaret M. Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical Investigation of the Language and Composition of 1 Corinthians. Tübingen: Mohr, 1991. Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology. Reissue edition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990. Pearson, Birger Albert. The Pneumatikos-Psychikos Terminology. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars, 1973. Pickett, Raymond. The Cross in Corinth: The Social Significance of the Death of Jesus. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. Robinson, John A. T. The Body. London: SCM, 1952. Seyer, H. D. The Stewardship of Spiritual Gifts: A Study of First Corinthians, Chapters Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen, and the Charismatic Movement. Madison: Fleetwood, 1974. Terry, Ralph Bruce. A Discourse Analysis of First Corinthians. Dallas: SIL/UTA, 1995. Thiessen Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982. Thomas, Robert L. Understanding Spiritual Gifts: The Christian's Special Gifts in the Light of 1 Corinthians 12-14. Chicago: Moody, 1978. Willis, Wendell L. Idol Meat in Corinth. Chico: Scholars, 1985. Winter, Bruce W. After Paul Left Corinth. Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2002.

Faculty review notes: Conflicting assessment statements: Course Requirements says Final Examination 100%, while a separate evaluation/examination table says Written examination 60% and Internal Assessment 40%. Both are preserved separately. Faculty must confirm the intended policy before official grades are configured; they are not combined or silently resolved. The selected-text reference 2:1–17 and repeated background labels are retained for faculty verification.

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