RELST 218 - The New Testament World

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Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

The first Christians wrote letters to each other, they wrote tales about Jesus, they wrote sermons and apocalypses. This course is an introduction to some of those writings preserved in the New Testament, but also those apocryphal and non-canonical works which shaped how the New Testament was remembered and how Christianity developed. Thus, this course looks both at the earliest Christians (from a historical perspective) and-more specifically-at the literature which they used to create communities and to express and communicate their faith. Prerequisite: at least three semester hours in one or more of the following: English, history, philosophy, religious studies. Offered each spring.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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