Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York · Courses
NT
3 courses with the subject NT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NT 101Introduction An introduction to the complex historical, literary and theological worlds of the New
to the New Testament. Core texts of the Gospels, Acts, Paul and Revelation are examined within their Testament (4 credits) Roman imperial, Hellenistic and Jewish colonial contexts – and with an eye to past and In person current interpretational struggles at the intersection of gender, race, class and religion. Can Capacity: uncapped students learn how to read "with new eyes?" Aliou Niang Note: Weekly tutorial required. NT 204 – Introduction A continuation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of biblical Greek. This language course to Biblical Greek II (3 focuses on the translation of selected portions of biblical texts. credits) Prerequisite: NT 203 or equivalent In person Note: NT 203 and NT 204 must be taken sequentially in one academic year. Capacity: 25
NT 315APart one of a two-part language course for students who have completed at least two
Intermediate Greek I semesters of biblical Greek. Students review grammar as well as further their linguistic and (2 credits) translation skills by reading a selection of different Greek texts. In Person Prerequisite: NT 203 and NT 204 or equivalent Capacity: 15 Note: NT 315A and NT 315B must be taken sequentially in one academic year. Temporary Jeremy Hultin grade of “IP” assigned after NT 315A; credit is awarded after NT 315B. NT 351E – Galatians This course reads critically Paul's letter to Galatian churches in its Greco-Roman imperial and Decentered and colonial contexts, as it aims at bringing West African (Global South) and European (Global Recentered (3 credits) North) new perspectives into dialogue towards an anticolonial, gender-critical, and In Person ecological re-imagination of Galatians. How does Paul's letter, a core document of the Capacity: 15 Protestant Reformation, penned under Rome's watchful eyes and addressed to a province Aliou Niang reminiscent of "uncivilized" Celtic tribalism, bear on the "barbarians" of our present-day world? SPRING 2027
NT 315BPart two of a two-part language course for students who have completed at least two
Intermediate Greek II semesters of biblical Greek. Students review grammar as well as further their linguistic and (1 credit) translation skills by reading a selection of different Greek texts. In Person Prerequisite: NT 315A Capacity: 15 Note: NT 315A and NT 315B must be taken sequentially in one academic year.
