New Testament History and Theology

Lectures and readings in English.

1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

   • New Testament Survey 1-25 Jack B. Scott 26 h Open source Doctrinal
   • New Testament Theology 1-14 Dr. Frank Thielman 14 h Open source Doctrinal
   • Textual Criticism (35 lectures) Dr. Daniel Wallace 17 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Daniel Wallace (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • New Testament Textual Criticism (9 lectures) Dr. Moises Silva 8 h Open source Doctrinal
   • The NT Text: The Superiority of the Majority Text Brian Schwertley 1 h Vol. 2, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6 Open source Doctrinal
   • Kept Pure in All Ages Conference Lectures 2, 4, 5, 6 Dr. Jeff Riddle 3 h Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Jeff Riddle (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).

   Total: 69 hours

2. 2. Lectures View the following videos and provide a short summary for each:

   • The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism 1-15 Dr. Daniel Wallace 2 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review (Note that this series is very informative although Wallace favors the Critical Text and has spoken against the providential preservation view.) Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Daniel Wallace (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Textual Criticism Put Into Practice 1-7 Dr. Daniel Wallace 1 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review (Note that this series is very informative although Wallace tends to favor the Critical Text rather than the Majority Text.) Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Daniel Wallace (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).

3. 3. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries:

   • The Literature and History of New Testament Times J. Gresham Machen 288 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament Thomas Bernard 235 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Thomas Bernard (subscription not established).
   • Exegetical Study of the New Testament Patrick Fairbairn 542 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Has God Indeed Said? The Preservation of the Text of the New Testament Phillip Kayser and Wilbur Pickering 30 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Phillip Kayser and Wilbur Pickering (subscription not established).
   • The Identity of the New Testament Text Wilbur Pickering 200 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Wilbur Pickering (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Higher Criticism Francis Beattie 68 pp. Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 1,363 pages

4. 4. Assignment Write an introduction for each New Testament book.

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5. 5. Assignment Write a 20 page paper on a subject of interest presented in the course material.

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6. Review Helpful resource:

   • A Textual Key to the New Testament Open source Supplementary

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.