New+Testament+-+Gilmer

=Class Schedule=

= The Week of September 12th =

The introduction to this study of the New Testament concludes with a discussion of storytelling. In the first month of class, we have discussed the subjects of genre, canon and context (religious, historical and geographic). We have emphasized Jewish expectations of a Messiah and the early church's understanding of Jesus and of how to advance his mission.
 * HOW STORIES ARE TOLD**

Main idea: A storyteller is an author, and every time that a story is told, its meaning is celebrated, modified and/or amplified.

Goals: (1) Process everything discussed in this course until now. (2) Look critically at which stories are told, where they are told, how they are told and where they are told. (3) Relate our understanding of the early church to how we think about religious community today.