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A biblical studies course at Arizona Christian University.
The course is designed to provide the student with a foundational knowledge of the social, cultural, and historical contexts out of which early Christianity and its sacred literature emerged. This goal is facilitated by detailed consideration of the two social matrixes that provided these contexts: Jewish and Greco-Roman society. We find among early Christians a tendency to adopt and develop the basic content of their primitive message from Judaism while using the literary and structural forms of the Greco-Roman world.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of the hellenistic jewish context of the new testament as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview takes Scripture seriously as the foundation for thinking carefully about every subject the church engages. This course treats its material in that spirit.
BIB493 is part of ACU's biblical studies curriculum. Explore the programs that include it.
