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NT 15: The Pastoral Epistles

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The Pastoral Epistles

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To develop an academic understanding of studying the ancient texts of Pastoral Epistles, with a focus on the use of primary source materials and critical tools.

Course objectives

To develop an academic understanding of studying the ancient texts of Pastoral Epistles, 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 develop the literary, social and theological contexts of the Post-Pauline communities

To help the student come face to face with the Scripture 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 EVALUATION

Written examination 60% Internal Assessment 40% Total 100%

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Section A: Texts for Translation and ExegesisSection B: Introduction and Background Study:Section C: Important Theological Themes

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How do hypotheses about authorship and social setting shape interpretation of leadership or church order in the Pastoral Epistles? Explain how you would test your assumptions rather than turn a disputed reading into an automatic policy.

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Design a Pastoral Epistles evidence-based seminar

Compare prescribed passages from two of the three letters. Analyse a Greek phrase, historical setting and theme such as church offices or religious identity, then present competing interpretations and a carefully bounded application for peer discussion.

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Which three letters are represented in the prescribed passages?

I Timothy, II Timothy and TitusRomans, Galatians and EphesiansI John, II John and III John

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NT 15 The Pastoral Epistles

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 15: The Pastoral Epistles COURSE OBJECTIVES: To develop an academic understanding of studying the ancient texts of Pastoral Epistles, 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 develop the literary, social and theological contexts of the Post-Pauline communities To help the student come face to face with the Scripture 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 OUTLINE: Section A: Texts for Translation and Exegesis 1 Tim. 1:3-11; 2:8-15; 3:1-7, 8-13; 4:1-5; 5:17-25; 6:11-16 2 Tim. 1:8-18; 2:8-13; 3:1-9, 10-17; 4:1-5 Tit. 1:10-16; 2:1-10; 3:1-10 Section B: Introduction and Background Study: Date, Authorship and Recipients of the Pastoral Epistles Authentic and Disputed Letters of Paul Comparison of the contents of the three Epistles Section C: Important Theological Themes Greco-Roman Social Context Pseudonymity Development of Church Offices and Church Order; Ordination, Administration Challenges of False Teaching Leadership Role for Women Place of Children Slaves and their place in the Early Christian Communities Religious identity in a Pluralistic Context COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Final Examination 100% (60% Translation and 40% Questions on Theological themes and issues) MODE OF EVALUATION: Written examination 60% Internal Assessment 40% Total 100% BIBLIOGRAPHY: Aageson, James W. Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church. Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2008. Barrett, C. K. The Pastoral Epistles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963. Bassler, Jouette M. 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Childs, Brevard S. The Church's Guide for Reading Paul: The Canonical Shaping of the Pauline Corpus. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008. Davies, Margaret. The Pastoral Epistles. England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Dibelius, M. and H. Conzelmann, The Pastoral Epistles. Hermania; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1972. Donelson, Lewis R. Colossians, Ephesians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996. Falconer, Robert. The Pastoral Epistles: Introduction, Translation and Notes. London: Oxford University Press, 1937. Gritz, Sharon Hodgin. Paul, Women Teachers and the Mother Goddess at Ephesus: A Study of 1 Tim 2:9-15 in light of the Religious and Cultural Milieu of the First Century. London: University Press of America, Inc, 1991. Hanson, Anthony Tyrrell. Studies in The Pastoral Epistles. London: SPCK, 1968. Hanson, A. T. 1982. The Pastoral Epistles, NCBC. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott. Harrison, P. N. The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles. Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1921. Hays, Richard B. The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation; A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. 1st Edition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. Krause, Deborah, 1 Timothy. London: T&T Clark International, 2004. Levine, Amy-Jill. Ed. A Feminist Companion to the Deutero-Pauline Epistles. London: The Continuum International Publishing Group, Inc., 2003. MacDonald, Dennis Ronald. The Legend and The Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1983. MacDonald, M. Y. 1988. The Pauline Churches: A Socio- Historical Study of Institutionalization in the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Writings, SNTSMS 60. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Matera, Frank J. New Testament Theology: Exploring Diversity and Unity. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007. Parry, John. The Pastoral Epistles with Introduction, Text and Commentary. Cambridge: The University Press, 1920. Perkins, Pheme. Ministering in the Pauline Churches. New York: Paulist Press, 1982. Plummer, Alfred. The Pastoral Epistles: The Expositor's Bible. Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Schweizer, E. Church Order in the New Testament. SBT 32; London: SCM Press, 1961. Trebilco, Paul. The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. Towner, Philip. The Goal of our Instruction: The Structure of Theology and Ethics in the Pastoral Epistles. JSNTS 34. Sheffield: JSOT Press. Verner, D. C. The Household of God: The Social World of the Pastoral Epistles, SBLDS 71. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983. Young, Frances. New Testament Theology: The Theology of the Pastorals Letters. Cambridge: the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1994. Commentary Guthrie, Donald. The Pastoral Epistles: An Introduction and Commentary. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1990. Johnson, Luke Timothy. The First and Second Letter to Timothy. London: Yale University Press, 2001. Knight, G. W. III. 1992. The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text, NICNT. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992. Lock, Walter. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus). Edinburgh: T and T Clark, 1924. Mounce, William D. World Biblical Commentary: Pastoral Epistles. Edited b Bruce M. Metzger. Vol. 46. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000. Phillips, John. Exploring the Pastoral Epistles: An Expository Commentary. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2004. Quinn, Jerome D. Letter to Titus: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary and an Introduction to Titus and 2 Timothy, The Pastoral Epistles. V 35. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Ramsay, William M. Historical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles. Edited by Mark Wilson. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1996. Robinson, Maxwell R. A Commentary on The Pastoral Epistles. Mysore: The Christian Literature Society, 1962. Simpson, Graham. The Pastoral Epistles: 1-2 Timothy, Titus: An Exegetical and Contextual Commentary. Bangalore: Primalogue Publishing Media Private Limited, 2012. Sparks, Irving Alan. The Pastoral Epistles: Introduction and Commentary. U.S.A.: Institute of Biblical Studies Towner, Philip H. Letters to Timothy and Titus: The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006. Dictionary Dunn, James D. G. "The First and Second Letters to Timothy and the Letter to Titus: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections." in The New Interpreter's Bible. Edited by Leander E. Keck. Vol XI. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000, 775-880. Ellis, E.E. "Pastoral Letters," in Dictionary of Paul and his Letters. Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid. Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 1993, 658-666. Quinn, Jerome D. "Timothy and Titus, Epistles to." in The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman. Vol 6. New York: Doubleday, 1992, 558-571.

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.

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