REL 415 - Pauline Literature III
The Prison and Pastoral Epistles of Paul
Study Topics and Assignments
Week 1 - Introduction to the Course
For this Week you should familiarize yourself with the resources and tools you will be using during the course.
The Bible
It is recommended that each student use at least 2 different translations of the Bible which include the Apocrypha.
If a student has facility in another language besides English, it is good to read the Bible in that language also.
Students who are learning Greek should read and translate at least a few verses each day.
The Textbook
The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, volume 3 (Romans to Philemon), editor : Clinton E. Arnold, ISBN 0-310-21808-X, available in the ENMU Bookstore, or from general Bible Book Stores or suppliers
This is part of a set of volumes covering the whole of the New Testament. The full set should be available in the ENMU Golden Library. Volume 3 is also the textbook for the
course REL 406 - Pauline Literature I - which is given as an Online Course at other times.
The Library
Students who are at the ENMU main campus should familiarize themselves with the Golden Library.
Students who are beyond easy driving distance from Portales should locate and familiarize themselves with at least one local Library which they can use as a resource.
The Golden Library Web Site starts at
http://www.enmu.edu/academics/library/index.shtml
The Page for InterLibrary loans is at
http://www.enmu.edu/academics/library/services/ill/index.shtml
Turnitin
Students should be enrolled with
Turnitin © and should check their work for originality before sending it to the Instructor. A Turnitin score in the orange or red is an indication that much of the work is copied from other sources; it should be re-written in your own words before sending it to the Instructor.
Please contact Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com if you have not received the Password by email, or if you have difficulty enrolling or working with Turnitin.
Textbook Resources
- page 5 - Map of the Mediterranean
- page 267 - Map of Asia Minor
- pages 302, 446 & 483 - Map of Western Asia Minor
- pages 345, 480 & 500 - Map of the eastern Mediterranean
- pages 372 & 514 - Map of Colossae and Ephesus
InterNet Resources
Go here for InterNet Links for this assignment
Other useful articles can be found by using the Topics as search words in Search Engines such as
GoodSearch
This Week's Assignment - Twenty Questions
Remember to cite your sources
- Give the titles, authors, and call letters for three books on the Pauline Epistles available in the Golden Library. Students who are not on the Portales campus may perform a search of the Golden Library holdings by going to http://library.unm.edu/search~S12
- What is the address of the Public Library in the town where you are living. Where are the Religion books shelved in that library (call letters)
- Give the URLs of three useful Search Engines on the InterNet (eg. Yahoo at http://www.yahoo.com/ - but you may not give Yahoo as one of your answers
- Give the URLs of three On-Line Bible study sites. Who sponsors those sites (eg. college, denomination, church, individual person, Bible Society ?) Describe and comment on each of these sites.
- Give the URLs of three sites dealing with the Life and Ministry of St. Paul. Describe and comment on each of these sites.
- Give the URLs of three sites dealing with the History of Rome. Describe and comment on each of these sites.
- Give the URLs of three sites dealing with the History of the Early Church. Describe and comment on each of these sites.
- Give the URLs of three sites which show maps of the Mediterranean in the first century AD. Describe and comment on each of these sites.
- Using the Map of the Mediterranean World (page 5 of the textbook) - to what modern countries do Gaul, Achaia, Illyricum, and Asia Minor correspond
- Where was Ephesus located
- Where was Philippi located
- Where was Colossae located
- Which were written first - the Gospels or the Pauline Epistles? Can you think of a reason?
- Who else wrote Epistles which have been included in the New Testament?
- Who was the probable author of the Book of Acts? What evidence can you think of for this?
- How does the Book of Acts relate to the Epistles?
- When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Romans? How does this help us to date most of the Epistles?
- What language did the Romans speak? What language did the Jews of Jerusalem speak? Most people of that time were probably fluent in several languages. Give the "official language" of each of these peoples
- In what language were the Books of the New Testament written? What reason can you think of for this?
- List the Books of the New Testament in the order in which they were written, with the dates. NOTE - There are some Books whose dates are uncertain - give the probable date(s) for these
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com.
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