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Paul and the Early Church

Paul & Early Christian Community
(Jan-March 2012); Tuesdays 18.30--20.00; Patrick Rogers

Texts to read, from:

Murphy O'Connor, J: Paul
Growing Up in Tarsus
Pharisee in Jerusalem
Conversion and its Consequences
Paul's earliest letter
Learning with the Thessalonians
Jerusalem and Antioch
To the Corinthians(1)
To the Corinthians(2)
Years in Ephesus
Conflict in Galatia
Partnership at Philippi
Contemplation at Colossae
To the Romans
The Pastoral Epistles

R.E.Brown: INT: Paul
Appreciating Paul
Basics on Paul
Pastorals and Paulines
Hebrews

J.D.G. Dunn: Theology of Paul
Pauline Ethics
Prolegomena to Pauline Theology

Schnackenburg, R:Church in NT:
The Church in Paul
Paul's Moral Teaching

Our Sequence of Topics

17/01 Saul's Jewish background

24/01 His conversion & his early days in the church, in Jerusalem and Antioch

31/01 Community, in 1 & 2 Thessalonians

07/02 Church problems in Corinth

14/02 Conflict and Crisis in Galatia

21/02 Ideal of Christianity in Philippi

28/02 Epistle to the Hebrews

06/03 Church in Colossians & Ephesians

13/03 The Church as portrayed in Romans:

20/03 Church in the Pastoral Epistles

(+: Pauline Ethics; Responses to Paul)

Essay: 3000 words on one of these:
>>> Paul on interaction with others
>>> Pastoral responses in Corinthians
>>> Church clashes, in Galatians
>>> Deep spirituality in Philippians
>>> Is Ephesians a Pauline epistle?
>>> Paul's sensitivity, in Romans
or another topic agreed with the lecturer

I would welcome an email from each course participant , indicating what you'd most like to learn on the course, and what essay you intend to write, relating to it.