Course Materials for Hebrews through Revelation, Fall 2008
HebRev Syllabus for Chengdu (version 1.1, MSWord doc)
LECTURE NOTES
01 - Introduction: Early Catholicism and the NT (doc) (pdf)
02 - James Notes (doc) (pdf)
03 - Hebrews Notes (doc) (pdf)
04 - 1 Peter Notes (doc) (pdf)
05 - 2 Peter & Jude Notes (doc) (pdf)
06 - Johannine Letters (sorry, no notes)
07a - Revelation Notes (doc) (pdf)
07b - Escalating Judgment in Revelation (doc) (pdf)
07c - Chiasm in Revelation 12-22 (doc) (pdf)
08 - Weighing the Didache (doc) (pdf)
ON “EARLY CATHOLICISM”
Ernst Käsemann, “The Canon of the NT and the Unity of the Church,” from his Essays on NT Themes (SCM Press, 1964), 95-107. Ernst Käsemann, “The Problem of a NT Theology,” in New Testament Studies 19, pp. 235-245. N. Perrin, “The Church on the Way to Becoming an Institution: The Literature of Emergent Catholicism,” from his The New Testament, an Introduction: Proclamation & Parenesis, Myth & History (HBJ, 1974) Gerhaardus Vos, “The Structure of NT Revelation,” from his Biblical Theology (Eerdmans, 1948), pp. 321-327). Gerhaardus Vos, “The Idea of Biblical Theology as a Science and as a Theological Discipline,” from his Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation (P&R, 1980), pp. 3-24. The Didache (“Teaching of the Twelve Apostles”) ON HEBREWS: P. E. Hughes, Commentary on Hebrews (Eerdmans), excerpts, “Introduction,” and “6:4-6” Allen Mawhinney, “The Structural Function of the Major Quotations in Hebrews” (unpublished). Vern Poythress, “Strategy for Dialogue with Dispensationalists,” Chap. 6 of his Understanding Dispensationalists (Zondervan, 1987).
Vern Poythress, “Hebrews 12:22-24,” Chap. 12 of Understanding Dispensationalists. Richard Gaffin, “A Sabbath Rest Still Awaits the People of God,” in Pressing Toward the Mark: Essays Commemorating Fifty Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. C.G. Dennison & R.C. Gamble eds. (OPC, 1986), pp. 33-51. Richard Gaffin, “Theonomy and Eschatology: Reflections on Postmillennialism,” in Theonomy: A Reformed Critique (Zondervan, 1990), pp. 197-224. ON 1 PETER: John H. Elliott, “1 Peter, its Situation and Strategy: A Discussion with David Balch,” in Perspectives on First Peter, C.H. Talbert, ed. (Mercer University Press, 1986), pp. 61-78. David Balch, “Hellenization/Acculturation in 1 Peter,” in Perspectives on 1 Peter, pp. 79-101. ON 2 PETER & JUDE: E. M. B. Green, 2 Peter: Reconsidered (Tyndale, 1960). Ernst Käsemann, “An Apologia for Primitive Christian Eschatology,” from his Essays on NT Themes, pp. 169-195. J.A.T. Robinson, “2 Peter and Jude,” from his Redating the NT (Westminster Press, 1976), pp. 169-199. ON REVELATION: George Ladd, “The Messianic Triumph,” Chap. 20 of his Commentary on the Revelation of John (Eerdmans, 1972), pp. 259-274. R. Fowler White, “Reexamining the Evidence for Recapitulation in Rev 20:1-10,”Westminster Theological Journal 51 (1989): 319-344. Norman Shepherd, “The Resurrections of Revelation 20,”WTJ 37 (Fall 1974): 34-43. Meredith Kline, “The First Resurrection,”WTJ 37 (Spring 1975): 366-375. J. Ramsey Michaels, “The First Resurrection: A Response,”WTJ 39 (Fall 1976): 100-109. Meredith Kline, “The First Resurrection: A Reaffirmation,”WTJ 39 (Fall 1976): 110-119. Philip E. Hughes, “The First Resurrection: Another Interpretation,”WTJ 39 (Spring 1977): 315-318.
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