Syllabus/achievement requirements

Parts of the syllabus is published in two course readers, which is sold at Gnist Akademika bookshop on campus.

A) New Testament texts studied in English:

Mark 1-10; Matthew 5-9; Luke 3-4; Gospel of Thomas 9, 20, 113.

B) Course literature:

Fuellenbach, J. : The Kingdom of God. The Message of Jesus to-day , 1995 . Maryknoll, NY Orbis . 290 p. (selection).

Horsley, R. A. : Jesus and Empire. The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder , 2000 . Minneapolis, Fortress . 150 p .

Biblical studies

Scott, B. B. : Hear then the Parable , 1989 . Minneapolis, Fortress Press . pp. 51-62, 343-387 (57 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 1).

Hearon, H. & Wire, A.C. : “Women’s work in the Realm of God.” in: Beavis, M.A. (ed.):The Lost Coin. Parables of Women, Work and Wisdom , 2002 . LondonSheffield University Press . pp. 136-157. (22 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 1).

Guijarro, S. in: G. Theissen – W. Stegemann – B.J. Malina, The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels: The Politics of Exorcism , 2002 . Minneapolis, Mn.: Fortress Press . pp. 159-174 (16 p.).

Moxnes, H. : Putting Jesus in His Place. A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom , 2003. Louisville and London, Westminster John Knox . pp 108-41, 183-91. (35 p.).

Moxnes, H. : “Meals and the New Community in Luke” , in: Svensk Eksegetisk ?rsbok 51-52, 1986-87, pp. 158-167 (10 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 1).

Willis, W. (ed.) : The Kingdom of God in 20th-Century interpretation , 1987 . Peabody Mass. Hendrickson Publishers . pp. 131-162 (32 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 1).

Gallardo, C. B. : “Matthew. Good News for the Persecuted Poor” in: Vaage L.E.: Subversive Scriptures. Revolutionary Readings of the Christian Bible in Latin America, 1997 . Valley Forge Pa Trinity Press International. pp. 173-192. (20 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 1).

Contextual interpretation

Levison, J. R. and P. in: Green, J. B. (ed): Hearing the New Testament : “A Global perspective on New Testament interpretation” , 1995 . Grand Rapids W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co . pp. 329-348 (20 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 2).

Manus, U. C. : Christ, the African King, 1993. Frankfurt am Main, P. Lang . pp. 18-33, 214-238 (41 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 2).

Sobrino, J. : Jesus the Liberator, 1993 . New York, Orbis Books . pp. 11-22. 67-104, 121 134. (64 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 2).

Dube Shomanah, M. W. : Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible, 2000 . St.Louis, Chalice Press . pp. 3-43 (41 p.) (published in course reader CONT4101, part 2) .

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