REL 410 - Resisting Rome: The Rhetorically Charged Narrative of Luke-Acts

Semester Hours: 3
This course introduces students to Luke’s two-volume work, Luke-Acts. Students will investigate the Israelite and Greco-Roman backgrounds needed to understand Luke’s account, and the literary techniques he commonly employs in his narrative. This seminar will place a premium on student interaction and discussion, and invite students to develop and share their own interpretations of Luke’s two-volume work, as they pursue the objective of becoming skilled interpreters of Luke-Acts, and biblical narrative in general. The course will also invite students to reflect on how Luke’s writings can continue to serve as challenging, good news for believing communities today.

Pre-requisites: three religion (REL) courses.

Offered: occasionally.