Paul and His Letters 1 & 2

Paul and His Letters 1 & 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Paul and His Letters” is a five credit point course designed to give the students a deeper view of the Pauline Epistles and their background. These epistles are the foundation of the church age understanding of the person and the work of Christ, and of the role of the church in God’s plan.   

The epistles are studied in the order of their writing and a special emphasis is given to the cont-emporary Pauline studies and their results. The teaching itself is anchored in the view that the Bible is inspired and inerrant Word of God. Also the frameworks of Free Grace and Dispensat-ionalism are considered particularly fruitful in finding answers to many controversial interpret-ative questions. The course involves two intensive teaching weekend sessions and several read-ing- and writing assignments.

SISÄLTÖ

  1. Paul’s Epistles in their chronological order.
  2. The backgrounds of Paul’s life and thought
  3. Discussion concernig latest Pauline research (socio-rhetorical view, “New Perspective on Paul” -school) as a counterpoint to the traditional Pauline interpretation
  4. Survey of each of the Pauline Epistles

LEARNING GOALS

  1. A student knows the main events of Paul’s life in relation to his epistles
  2. A student knows the chronology of Paul’s epistles and some viewpoints to the development of his thought.
  3. A student knows the main points of Pauline epistles and some key thoughts from each epistle.

COURSE FACULTY

Tero Fredriksson
M.Div (Grace School of Theology, TX), M.Th. (Northwestern Univ. South Africa), BBS (MBC&S), Pastor of the Armon seurakunta, Vaasa

Mikael Toll
B.Th and B. Miss (MBC&S), M.A in Ministry, M.A in Counseling, M.Div and D.Min (Luther Rice Seminary), Pastor of Nådens Mission Church in Stockholme

Jarmo Salonen
M.Div (Grace School of Theology, TX), OTK (Helsinki University), MQ (Polytechnical University in Helsinki)

Arto Nousiainen
MuM (Sibelius Academy), BBS (MBC&S), Assistant pastor of the Raamattu Puhuu Church in Helsinki

Ester Petrenko
PhD in New Testament Studies (Univ. of Durham); MA Honours in Theology (Continental Theological Seminary, Brussels);
Present appointments include: Research Fellow at St. Johns College (Univ. of Durham); Associate Professor at Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology, Norway; Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Extraordinary Research Fellow at Northwest University, South Africa; Academic Dean at Latvian Biblical Centre in Latvia

Ekku Reini
M.A. n Biblical Studies (Grace School of Theology); Jyväskylän Raamattu Puhuu -seurakunnan johtava pastori

Tuntisuunnitelma

”Paul and His Letters 1 — 2020”
(Thematic surveys, Galatians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Romans)

  1. Paul, A Diaspora Jew (Tero Fredriksson)
  2. The Chronology and the Structure of the Pauline Epistles (Tero Fredriksson)
  3. Galatians (Mikael Toll)
  4. The Thessalonian Correspondence (Arto Nousiainen)
  5. The Corinthian Correspondence (Tero Fredriksson)
  6. The Theology of the Corinthian Correspondence (Tero Fredriksson)
  7. Romans 1 (Mikael Toll)
  8. Romans 2 (Mikael Toll)
  9. Romans 3 (Mikael Toll)

”Paul and His Letters 2 — 2020”
(Thematic Surveys, Colossians, Prison Epistles, Pastoral Epistles)

  1. The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 1 (Tero Fredriksson)
  2. The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 2 (Tero Fredriksson)
  3. Philippians (Jarmo Salonen)
  4. Colossians (Tero Fredriksson)
  5. Ephesians 1 (Ester Petrenko)
  6. Ephesians 2 – Special Issues in Ephesians (Ester Petrenko)
  7. Philemon (Risto Kyrö)
  8. First Timothy (Arto Nousiainen)
  9. Titus (Ekku Reini)
  10. Second Timothy (Arto Nousiainen)

COURSE WORK:

For a successful completion of the course the student needs to listen to the class recordings and complete the pre-course and post-course assignments. They include both reading and writing.

Write to raamattukoulu@raamattupuhuu.onmicrosoft.com for more information.