THEOREL 303
Reading Sacred Texts 1
Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for THEOREL 303.
Description
The Gospel of Matthew.
An examination of the Gospel of Matthew in the context of the first-century Graeco-Roman world. Key trends in recent scholarship, as well as the text's major themes, world-views and reception, both within its interpretive traditions and cultural afterlives, will be considered.
Availability 2018
Not taught in 2018
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Robert Myles
Reading/Texts
Powell, Mark Allan, ed. Methods for Matthew. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Recommended Reading
Wainwright, Elaine M., Myles, Robert J., Olivares, Carlos. The Gospel of Matthew: The Basileia of the Heavens is Near at Hand. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2014.
Points
THEOREL 303: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage II
Restrictions
THEOREL 203