Valgfag: Det Nye Testamentes Eksegese: De katolske epistler og genbrug af skrifterne

The course is taught in English.

The seven New Testament letters attributed to James, Peter, John, and Jude are commonly overlooked, even often (and pejoratively) identified as the “non-Pauline” epistles. This course takes seriously their critical role in the New Testament collection, particularly considering their substantive engagement with other Jewish and Christian scriptures. In addition to direct citation, the Catholic Epistles collectively appeal to many figures from the Jewish scriptural past as both positive and negative examples, including Cain, Enoch, Abraham, Sarah, Korah, Balaam, Rahab, and Michael the archangel. In some cases, these references involve a broader sense of scriptural authority than the now-canonical Old and New Testaments. In this course we will explore the role of the Catholic Epistles among the New Testament collection, their use of Jewish (and Christian) scripture, and the resulting implications for the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.