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Fall Semester
A STORY IN SEARCH OF AN ENDING: INTERPRETING THE OLD TESTAMENT WITHIN HISTORY AND SCRIPTURE
Instructor: Dr. Bill Wilder
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A Story in Search of an Ending: Interpreting the Old Testament Within History and Scripture seeks to interpret the Old Testament in its redemptive-historical and canonical contexts. On the one hand, the classes themselves follow the Old Testament timeline, tracing in the course of the semester the movement of redemptive history from creation and the fall, through the patriarchs, the bondage in Egypt, and the exodus, to the national history of God's people as far as the exile and restoration. On the other hand, this history is consistently interpreted in terms of God's covenants with Adam and Israel and in constant view of the fulfillment of God's purposes in Christ and the church. Topics taken up along the way include covenants and covenant theology, the image of God, the presence of God, the importance of the land, holy war, son of God, son of man, suffering servant, and wisdom/word theology.
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Spring semester
FROM CRISIS TO CHRIST: INTERPRETING THE NEW
TESTAMENT AS GOOD NEWS IN THE REAL WORLD
Instructor: Dr. Bill Wilder
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From Crisis to Christ: Interpreting the New Testament as Good News in the Real World seeks to interpret the New Testament in its larger historical and literary contexts. The gospels are examined with an ear for the way in which Old Testament traditions inform the New Testament portrait of Jesus the messiah. The history and theology of the book of Acts are discussed, with particular emphasis on Paul and his missionary journeys. Then, by a careful weighing of evidence in the Pauline letters themselves along with a judicious use of what evidence Acts can provide, the course moves to a close examination of the way in which Paul theologically and pastorally responds to a variety of different situations. Attention is also given to select general letters as well as book of the Revelation. Topics include the baptism and the transfiguration, faith, the kingdom of God, Paul's missionary journeys, humiliation and exaltation, Adam christology, wisdom christology, resurrection bodies, and the new creation.
(No prerequisite course is required; this course is open to all.)
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From Crisis to Christ: Interpreting the New Testament as Good News in the Real World may be taken for credit (for an additional cost) through an extension arrangement with Reformed Theological Seminary -Washington, D.C. Students interested in academic credit may apply through the Center for Christian Study by contacting Carl Briggs at 434-817-1050 or carl@studycenter.net.
BILL WILDER , Director of Graduate Ministries at the Center for Christian Study, completed his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He received an undergraduate degree in English and German from Guilford College and an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Bill is a former instructor of Biblical languages, history, and theology at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, and is the author of Echoes of the Exodus Narrative in the Background and Context of Galatians 5:18 (Peter Lang, 2001).
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