Pauline Literature

This course considers the epistolary literature of the New Testament attributed to the Apostle Paul. A brief survey of the Apostle’s life and gospel gives way to a close reading of the Pauline Letters. All Pauline letters (genuine and so-called Deutero-Pauline) will be read and their major theological themes introduced. Students will in particular consider central Pauline themes (Christology, Ecclesiology, Soteriology, Pneumatology, etc.) as expounded in the First Letter to the Corinthians and the Letter to the Romans. The seminar component of this course will invite students to engage, at a level pertinent to their program of study, with contemporary issues raised by the literature at hand (pseudonymity, Paul’s attitude to the law, etc.)