Learning Outcomes
In this course the most important aspects of the theological thought of the NT writers will be presented. The particular theological focus of each book will be associated with the life of the early Christian communities
and with the tendencies that developed in them. The patristic reception and further development of these theological ideas will also be discussed.
After the successful completion of the course students will be able to:
- detect and highlight the theological tendencies of the individual books of the NT
- compare these theological tendencies to each other and detect the possible similarities and differences
- compare the theological teaching of the NT writers with its patristic reception and further development
- make the plausible associations between the NT teaching and the current debates and issues
Course Content (Syllabus)
During the semester the following topics will be taught: research history and tendencies in the field of NT theology, theological tendencies within various groups of early Christianity (e.g. Hellenists or Pauline communities), specific theological issues (e.g. Christology, soteriology) and the reception of NT theology by the Church Fathers.
1) Introduction - research history
2) Jesus preaching and the tradition of him
3) Hellenists and the aramaic community of Jerusalem
4) Paul: Christology, soteriology, anthropology
5) Paul: ecclesiology, eschatology
6) Paul: Gospel and Law
7) Theological teaching of Luke's Gospel
8) Johannine theology (Christology, pneumatology)
9) Johannine theology (ecclesiology, eschatology)
10) Theology of the Acts
11) Theology of Hebrews
12) Theology of 1 Peter
13) Reception of NT teaching by the Church Fathers
Keywords
New Testament Theology, Johannine theology, Acts, ecological theology, anthropology, pastoral letters
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. X. Ατματζίδης, Θεολογία της ΚΔ: Εισαγωγή, Θεολογία των Παύλειων Επιστολών και Θεολογία της Ιωάννειας Γραμματείας (κωδ. Ευδόξου 41964225)
2. Χρήστου Οικονόμου, Καινή Διαθήκη και ερμηνευτές Πατέρες, Θεσσαλονίκη 2010 (κωδ. Ευδόξου 131496)
Additional bibliography for study
- Καραβιδόπουλου, Το κατά Μάρκον ευαγγέλιο, Θεσσαλονίκη 1988
-Σαβ. Αγουρίδη, Το κατά Ιωάννην ευαγγέλιο, Θεσσαλονίκη 2005
-Βασ. Τσάκωνα, Η περί Παρακλήτου Πνεύματος διδασκαλία του ευαγγελιστού Ιωάννου, Αθήναι 1978
-Ιω. Παναγοπούλου, Ο Θεός και η Εκκλησία. Η θεολογική μαρτυρία των Πράξεων των Αποστόλων, Αθήναι 1969
-Χρ. Βούλγαρη, Η περί σωτηρίας διδασκαλία του ευαγγελιστού Λουκά, Αθήναι 1971 ‘
- Χ. Ατματζίδης, Ερμηνευτικές και θεολογικές προσεγγίσεις στην Καινή Διαθήκη, εκδ. Όστρακον, Θεσσαλονίκη 2014
- J. D. G. Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, London 1970
J.D.G. Dunn, The Theology of Paul the Apostle, Grand Rapids 2006