Description
This course focuses on the identity of Jesus, the Christ, according to the New Testament writings and other early Christian testimonies. It will give particular attention to how the New Testament writings draw themes, quotations, and typologies from the Old Testament Scripture in their depictions of Christ and the salvation of humankind through Him. In addition, we will study the historical setting of the early Church within the religious-cultural contexts of Second Temple Judaism. The Person of Christ will be our primary subject (both for the ancient Church and for us today); the Scripture will be the chief means of our inquiry; seeing the patterns of continuity between the Old Testament Scriptures and earliest Christianity will be one of the course's most memorable outcomes.