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