Code
BN9011W
Level
Postgraduate
Discipline
New Testament (BN)
Field
Biblical Studies (B)
Prerequisites
Nil
Online
Yes
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Siu Fung Wu view profile >
Class Time
Three hours per week
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Articulate the role of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, especially in John’s Gospel, Acts, and the Pauline corpus.
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct critical analysis of the key New Testament texts on the Holy Spirit within their own rhetorical and socio-historical contexts.
- Identify and articulate the work of the Spirit regarding the formation of early Christian communities in the New Testament, as well as the identity and transformation of Jesus-followers in the Greco-Roman world.
- Reflect critically on the contribution of the NT literature to understanding the work of the Spirit in the life and mission of the church today.
- Critically evaluate recent New Testament scholarship regarding the role of the Spirit.
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Assessment
Classroom:
- One thematic tutorial paper (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical essay (2,500 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (2,500 words) (40%)
Online:
- Online tutorial participation (at least 5 entries of approximately 200 words each) responding to set readings and and peer interaction (20%)
- One exegetical essay (2,500 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (2,500 words) (40%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Brown, Tricia Gates. Spirit in the Writings of John: Johannine Pneumatology in Social-Scientific Perspective. London: T & T Clark, 2004.
- Burge, Gary M. The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johannine Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987.
- Dunn, James D. G. The Christ and the Spirit: Vol. 2. Pneumatology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.
- Eastman, Susan G. “Oneself in Another: Participation and the Spirit in Romans 8.” In “In Christ” in Paul, edited by Michael J. Thate, Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Constantine R. Campbell. WUNT 2.384. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
- Fee, Gordon D. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009.
- Kuecker, Aaron J. The Spirit and the ‘Other’: Social Identity, Ethnicity and Intergroup Reconciliation in Luke-Acts. London: T & T Clark, 2011.
- Keener, Craig S. The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2016.
- Lee, Dorothy. “’In the Spirit of Truth’: Worship and Prayer in the Gospel of John and the Early Fathers.” Vigiliae Christianae 58 (2004) 277–97.
- Levison, John R. Filled with the Spirit. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.
- Marshall I. H., Volker Rabens, and Cornelis Bennema, eds. The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and Christian Theology: Essays in Honor of Max Turner. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012.
- Rabens, Volker. The Holy Spirit and Ethics in Paul: Transformation and Empowering for Religious-Ethical Life. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2014.
- Turner, Max. Power from on High: The Spirit in Israel’s Renewal and Witness in Luke-Acts. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2015.
- Twelftree, Graham H. People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke’s View of the Church. London: SPCK, 2009.