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RLST 213 - DIV/REL 3174 Ethics in the New Testament

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Ethics in the New Testament!
Monday 3:10-5:30 pm ,

Class location: Center for Teaching (Top floor of 1114 19th Avenue South--intersection of 19th & Edgehill Avenues)

Instructor: Daniel Patte (Garland Hall, 301G)

Office Hours: M 1:00-2:00pm & by appointment
Offie Phone: 322-4884; 322-6359
Home Phone: 269-0954;

Graduate Teaching Assistants, Office: GA 301E:

Sejong Chun, Office Hours: M -time TBA & by appointment

Course Description: Ethics of the New Testament

Major ethical teachings as presented in New Testament documents, letters, and as interpreted through history and cultures.

SPECIFIC FOCUS: The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5--7; Paul's letters.

 

PEDAGOGICAL GOALS of this class:

Learning (a) how to bring to critical understanding our own interpretations of moral teachings of selected New Testament texts, (b) how to read critically the diversity of interpretations of these texts encountered today and through history; and (c) how to engage contemporary ethical issues with the help of the Bible.

 

 

 

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