(Graduate level course in partnership with Gordon Conwell Seminary)

This course surveys 1) the history and culture of the first century that provide the backdrop to biblical events, 2) the Old Testament foundations for the New Testament; 3) some methods for interpreting the biblical text (genre criticism, source and redaction criticisms); 4) the content, persons, and themes of each of the books of the New Testament; 5) some of the theology of the New Testament; and 6) some debated issues of New Testament interpretation among scholars and in the Church today. Both the primary textbook and the lectures use images to take students on a virtual journey of Bible places. The students' primary focus in the course is mastery of the content of the New Testament.