Mobile Ed: NT301 The Gospels as Ancient Biography: A Theological and Historical Perspective (4 hour course - audio)
Overview
Dr. Jonathan Pennington, a specialist in the Gospels, discusses how to interpret these ancient biographies based on their genre rather than focusing only on their content. This course shows how a literary reading of the Gospels reveals the beauty of Jesus’ life.
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Course Outline
Introduction
- Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: What Are the Gospels?
- The Meaning of “Gospel”
- Using the Bible Word Study to Discover Usages of the Word “Gospel”
- “Gospel” in the Gospels
- Gospels as Bios: Genre Options
- Customizing the Passage Guide to Look at Genre Coding
- Gospels as Bios: Adapting a Graeco-Roman Genre
- Gospels as Bios: Particular Aspects in the Gospels
- Gospels as Bios: Implications
- Gospels: A Fuller Definition
Unit 2: Why Do We Need the Gospels?
- The Gospels: Benign Neglect
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 1
- Using the Context Menu to Research “Abba”
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 2
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 3
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 4
- Finding Allusions to Exodus in the Gospel of Matthew
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 5
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 6
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 7
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 8
- Discovering Narrative Preaching Illustrations with the Sermon Starter Guide
- Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 9
Unit 3: How Do We Deal with Having Four Gospels?
- Introduction: To Harmonize or Not
- Four Gospel Accounts: The Angst
- Using Different Synopses to Analyze the Gospels
- Four Gospel Accounts: Harmonizing Solutions
- Four Gospel Accounts: The Joy
Unit 4: How Do We Read the Gospels?
- Cultural Hermeneutics: The Prodigal Son Goes to Russia
- Studying Background Information with the Faithlife Study Bible and Factbook
- Cultural Hermeneutics: The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross
- Narrative Analysis: Introduction
- Narrative Analysis: A Model for the Gospels
- Narrative Analysis: Method
- Narrative Analysis: Payoff and Limitations
- Narrative Analysis: Circles of Context
- Narrative Analysis: Application (Luke 7:1–10)
- Doing Narrative Analysis with the Explorer and Sentence Diagramming Tools
Unit 5: What Is Our Goal in Reading the Gospels?
- Introduction: Why We Ask the Question
- Centrality of the Gospels: Historical Arguments
- Searching for Early Church Uses of “Gospel" with the Bible Word Study Guide
- Centrality of the Gospels: Canonical and Theological Arguments
- Centrality of the Gospels: Implications
- Using the Topic Guide to Find a Gospel’s Themes in the Rest of Scripture
Product Details
- Title: NT301 The Gospels as Ancient Biography: A Theological and Historical Perspective (audio)
- Instructor: Jonathan T. Pennington
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2015
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: audio
- Length: 4 hours
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Dr. Jonathan T. Pennington is the associate professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also served as a visiting professor at Southeastern Seminary, as well as the Institute of Biblical Studies in Orlando, Florida and Melbourne, Australia.
He earned a BA in history and his teaching certificate from Northern Illinois University, and his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he also taught Greek for two years as an NT fellow. For five years, he also served as the associate pastor at the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris in northern Illinois.
He holds a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (in St. Mary’s College), where he wrote his thesis, “Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew,” under the supervision of professors Richard Bauckham and Philip Esler. Dr. Pennington is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Tyndale Fellowship (Cambridge), the Institute for Biblical Research, and the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. He’s published a variety of articles, reviews, and Greek and Hebrew language tools, as well as books like Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew (Brill),Cosmology and New Testament Theology (T&T Clark), and Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic).