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Aug 17 |
Introduction to the Course
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Preparation
for
Interpreting
the Gospel
According to
Paul
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Aug 19 |
Context and Content of Romans
Reading:
Cobb & Lull, 1-9
Supplemental Reading: Dr.
Mark's Annotated Chronology of Paul; Outline of Cobb and Lull, 1-9
Supplemental readings are not
required readings. They are resources to go further into any subject that
interests you.
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Aug 21
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What is Exegesis?
Reading:
Gorman, 9-23
Supplemental Reading:
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Aug 24 |
The
Elements of Exegesis, a Sample Exegesis
Paper, and
Errors to
Avoid
Reading: Gorman, 23-33, 252-64; 241-46; 175-79
Supplemental Reading: Gorman, 181-89
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Aug 26
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Rereading Romans
Reading:
Romans 1–8
w/footnotes
Read the
introductory materials for
Romans in your HarperCollins
Study Bible and then chaps.
1–8, including the
footnotes.
Supplemental
Reading:
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Aug 28
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Rereading Romans
Reading:
Romans, 9–16 w/footnotes
Supplemental Reading:
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Aug 31 |
The Romans Debate:
Introducing
Some Basic
Modern
Historical-Critical
Interpretive
Issues Reading: Bruce, "The Romans
Debate--Continued" (See
Course Materials)
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Sep 2 |
Where
are "We" Coming From? Introducing
Some Basic
Postmodern
Interpretive
Issues
Reading:
Gorman, 139-44; Cobb & Lull, 10-23
Supplemental Reading:
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Sep 4
Assignment |
A
Primer
in Library
Research
Class does not meet today, but do this assignment. Take the Library's online Searchpath Tutorial course:
http://library.missouristate.edu/tutorial/
My colleagues and I in the Religious Studies department feel that all students should take this tutorial, even if they feel fairly confident about finding things in the library or online, but it's especially important for students who have very little experience in doing real research. If you take the tests, print out the results, and turn them in to me, I'll give you 5 extra credit points.
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Sep 7
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Labor Day Holiday
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Sep 9 |
The Text
and
Translations
Reading: Gorman, 35-59
Assignment:
After reading pp. 35-38, make a tentative decision on a passage from Romans for your exegesis paper. Read your
passage in at least three
different translations.
Reflect on the following questions. What differences do you
notice among the
translations? Are the
differences significant?
Does the tone or thrust of
the passage differ, in your
estimation, from
translation to translation?
Compare the treatment of your passage in two different study Bibles, and note any differences in interpretation.
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Sep 11 |
Class
Cancelled
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Sep 14
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The 1st and
2nd Elements
of Exegesis:
Survey and
Contextual
Analysis
Reading: Gorman, 63-81
Assignment:
Reflect on these
questions
about your
chosen text:
1) In what
historical,
sociopolitical,
and cultural
situation
was the
passage
written? 2)
How does the
passage
relate to
what
precedes and
follows it,
and to the
text as a
whole?
Supplemental Reading:
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Sep 16
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The Myth
of Textual
Agency
Reading: Martin, "Introduction: The Myth of Textual Agency" (See Course Materials)
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Sep 18
Paper 1 |
Meanings and
Contexts
Assignment:
Is There a
Meaning in
this Text?
(See
Assignments)
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| Sep 21 |
The
Structure
and "Ends" of
Romans
Reading:
Given,
"Parenesis
and
Peroratio:
The
Rhetorical
Function of
Romans
12:1-15:13,"
206-215 (see
Course
Materials)
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Exordium
(1:1-15)
and
Propositio
(1:16-17)
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Sep 23 |
Paul's Introduction and
Thesis
Reading: Rom 1:1-17; Cobb
and Lull, 24-38
Supplemental Reading:
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Narratio:
All
Humanity is
Under Sin,
and Law
Cannot
Rectify the
Situation
(1:18-3:20,
esp. 3:9-20)
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Sep
25
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Human Unrighteousness and the Wrath of God
Reading: Rom
1:18-32; Cobb and Lull,
39-54
Supplemental Reading:
Martin, "Heterosexism and the Interpretation of Romans 1:18-32" (See Course Materials); Given, Homosexuality and the Bible Resource
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Sep 28
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"What must I do to inherit eternal life?"-- or -- Will Being Good Get You to Heaven After All?
Reading:
Rom 2:1-16; Cobb and Lull,
54-58; Luke 10:25-37
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Sep 30 |
"But if you
call yourself a Jew . . ."
Reading:
Rom 2:17-3:20; Cobb & Lull,
58-62; Dunn, "The New Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Law" (See Course Materials)
Supplemental Reading: Bird, "Judgment and Justification in Paul: A Review Article"
This is interesting article, even though I have substantial disagreements with both Bird's positions and those of the author he is reviewing. To me, both authors are so bogged down in theological commitments grounded in later theological appropriations of Paul that they fail to see weaknesses in their own readings of him.
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Argumentatio
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Oct 2 |
"Argument One: Rectification Is through the Faith of/in Christ’s Conciliating Death (3:21-5:11)
Reading: Rom 3:21-30; Cobb &
Lull, 63-74
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Oct 5 |
"We uphold the Law"
Reading: Rom 3:31-4:22; Cobb
& Lull, 74-79
Supplemental Reading: Eisenbaum, "A Remedy for Having Been Born of Woman: Jesus, Gentiles, and Genealogy in Romans " (See Course
Materials)
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Oct 7 |
"Not for his sake alone, but for ours also": The Results of Rectification
Reading: Rom 4:23-5:11; Cobb & Lull, 79-82
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Oct 9 |
Midterm Exam
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Oct 12 |
3rd Element of Exegesis:
Formal Analysis
Reading:
Gorman, 83-100; 167-72
Assignment: Go to the library and copy the pages of the required commentaries that deal with your passage. Reflect on these questions about your chosen text: 1) What is the literary form of this text? 2) What is the literary genre of the document within which the text is situated? 3) How is the passage structured? 4) How does the text "move" from beginning to end?
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Oct 14 |
Argument Two: Salvation Is Through Union with Christ's Liberating Resurrection (5:12-6:14)Reading: Rom 5:12-6:14; Cobb & Lull, 82-90
Supplemental Reading:
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Oct 16 |
The Participationist Model of Salvation -or- Slavery as Salvation Reading: Rom 6:1-14; Cobb and Lull, 90-96
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| Oct 19 |
4th Element of Exegesis: Detailed
Analysis of the Text
Reading: Gorman, 101-125
Assignment: Reflect on these questions about your chosen text: 1) What are the main points of each of the parts of the text, and how does the text/writer make these points? 2) What do the details mean in the big picture, and how does the big picture affect the meaning of the details?
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Oct 21
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5th and 6th Element of Exegesis:
Synthesis and Reflection -and- Errors to Avoid
Reading: Gorman, 127-48Assignment: Reflect on these questions about your chosen text: 1) What is the main point, or what are the main points, of the text? 2) What does this text mean for readers other than the original ones? 3) What does it mean to you?
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Oct 23 |
Argument
Three: The
Just
Requirement
of the Law
Must Be
Fulfilled
(6:15-8:8)
Reading:
Rom 6:15-7:25; Cobb & Lull,
96-113
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| Oct 26 |
The
"I" of the
Storm
Reading: Rom 8:1-8; Cobb & Lull, 113-117; Meyer, "The Worm at the Core of the Apple: Exegetical Reflections on Romans 7" (See Course Documents)
Supplemental Reading:
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Oct 28 |
Argument
Four: Life
in the
Spirit--not
the
Flesh--Leads
to Salvation
(8:9-39)
Reading:
Rom 8:9-39; Cobb & Lull,
117-135
Supplemental Reading:
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Oct 30
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Argument
Five:
Salvation Is
Still--in a
Roundabout
Way--to the
Judean First
and then the
Gentile
(chaps 9-11)
Reading: Rom 9-11; Cobb & Lull, 136-56
Supplemental Reading:
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Nov 2
Paper Two |
Argument
Five
Related
Topic: Paul
and
Predestination
Reading: Rom 9-11
Assignment: Paul and Predestination (See Assignments)
Supplemental Reading:
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Nov 4 |
Would the
Real Paul
Please Stand
Up!
Reading:
Campbell, "Divergent Images
of Paul and His Mission"
(See Course Documents)
Supplemental Reading: "The World to Come" in Judaism;
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Peroratio
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Nov
6 |
Applications
One and Two:
Present Your
Bodies as a
Living
Sacrifice
According to
the Measure
of Faith
(12:1-3) and
Be One Body
in Christ
(12: 3-8)
Reading:
Rom 12:1-8; Cobb & Lull,
157-63; Given, "Parenesis and Peroratio," 214-220
Supplemental Reading:
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Nov 9
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Applications
Three and
Four:
Fulfill the
Law Through
Love
(12:9-13:10)
and Do Not
Gratify the
Flesh for
Salvation is
Near
(13:11-14)
Reading:
Rom 12:9-13:14; Cobb & Lull,
163-74; Given,
"Parenesis and Peroratio," 220-23
Supplemental Reading:
Stark, "Liberating Subtext: Rereading Romans 13:1-7 after James C. Scott for Liberation Theology" (See
Course Documents)
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Nov 11 |
Application
Five:
Christ-believing
Judeans and
Gentiles
Should
Respect and
Welcome One
Another
(14:1-15:3)
Reading:
Rom 14:1-15:13; Cobb & Lull,
175-81; Given "Parenesis and Peroratio," 223-25
Supplemental Reading:
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Nov 13 |
The End of the Peroration and the Epistolary Closing
Reading: Rom 15:14-16:27; Cobb & Lull, 182-89; Given, "Parenesis and Peroratio," 225-27
Supplemental Reading:
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Presentations
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| Nov 16 |
Exegesis
Presentations
Presentation: Rom 3:21-26 (Haley)
Presentation:
Rom 5:12-21 (Zach)Presentation:
Rom 6:5-11 (Kurt)
Presentation:
Rom 7:14-20 (Victoria)
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Nov 18 |
Presentation:
Rom 7:13-20 (Natasha)
Presentation: Rom 8:1-11 (Connor)
Presentation: Rom 8:31-39 (Blake)
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Nov 20 |
Class
Cancelled |
| Nov 23-29 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov 30
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Presentation: Rom 10:5-13 (Katie)
Presentation: Rom 11:?-? (Nathan)
Presentation: Rom 12:1-8 (Marquita)
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Dec 2
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Presentation: Rom 12:9-21 (Crosby)
Presentation: Rom 13:1-7 (Morgan)
Presentation: Rom 14:13-23 (Lucas)
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Dec 4
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Study Day
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Dec 7
Exegesis
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Exegesis/Research
Papers due
by Noon |
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Dec 9
Final Exam |
REL 397–1 Final
Exam (1:15 pm to 3:15 pm)
For final exam
preparation instructions, see Assignments.
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