Leer la Biblia: Nuevo Testamento – Jesús, una alianza renovada con Dios

Este curso es una introducción al Nuevo Testamento. Aunque más enfocado en una perspectiva hermenéutica que exegética, no se limitará a presentar el Cristo de la fe sino también se desempeña en descubrir quién pudo haber sido el Jesús histórico y lo que éste puede significar para los creyentes de hoy. Una particular atención será …
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Leer la Biblia: Antiguo Testamento – Un Dios fiel, promesa y liberación

Este curso es una aproximación al Antiguo Testamento. En este se exploran los contextos de redacción y los grandes puntos de referencia de la historia de Israel. Se busca ofrecer a los estudiantes un conocimiento bíblico acorde a su utilidad litúrgica para los compromisos en sus parroquias.  Desde esta perspectiva, se trata más de un …
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The Sensual Gospel of John: Experiencing the Fourth Gospel through the Five Senses

“The Word made flesh,” according to William Temple, is the most important phrase in all of Christianity because it affirms flesh as the vehicle and instrument for spirit. Although some scholars have described Jesus in John’s Gospel as a detached “god who seems to glide over the face of the earth,” a closer look reveals how much John’s Jesus takes great delight …
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The Prophets

This course is a survey course of prophets in Ancient Israel and the texts of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Studying the language of the prophetic corpus, we will explore the historical, social, and political contexts of the writings and their meanings for the intended audience and readers today. By the end of the …
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In the Beginning: Classic Christian and Jewish Pathways to Understanding the Book of Genesis

“These stories [in the early chapters of Genesis] have provided a foundation for three of the world’s major religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Furthermore, arguably, these pages also provide the foundations on which Western civilization as we know it today has been built. Indeed, few questions are more fundamental to human existence than Who am I? …
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Jesus in Context

Jesus in Context examines Jesus as a human being: as a Jewish reformer, prophet, teacher, storyteller, and as designated by others: Savior, Word (Logos), and Wisdom (Sophia), since these are first-century views. We will also include “Son/Child of Humanity/(M)an,” Son of David, and Son of God which also belong to the first century C.E. and …
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Introduction to the New Testament

Designed to lead you to read the New Testament itself, New Testament Survey provides essential historical and cultural background information and carefully examines the content of each book in the New Testament.