In BI351 Dr. Bray examines the foundations of the Old and New Testaments as well as the development of new theological perspectives since the 17th century. He outlines significant trends and major players in biblical criticism and how these relate to the modern scholarly climate. Dr. Bray provides guidance on how to approach Bible study and emphasizes the importance of applying God’s word.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
5m
The Beginnings of Critical Method
Textus Receptus and Christian Infighting
10m
Exploring New Testament Manuscripts
5m
Skepticism, Modern Science, and the Historical-Critical Method
10m
Beginnings of Biblical Criticism
10m
Challenges to Authority, Miracles, Authorship, and Prophecy
10m
Neologism and Shifting Philosophies
10m
Comparing “Myth” in Philo and the New Testament
5m
Old Testament Criticism: Nineteenth—Twentieth Centuries
De Wette and the Reinterpretation of History
11m
Reinventing the History and Development of the Old Testament
11m
Revival of Confessionalism
9m
New Liberalism
10m
Identifying Sources of the Documentary Hypothesis
4m
Defending Old Testament Narrative and Theology
8m
History of Religions School
10m
Organizing the Psalms by Genre with the Psalms Explorer
5m
Beyond Literary Criticism
7m
Anglo-Saxon Old Testament Scholarship Since 1800
Characteristics of British and American Culture and Theology
9m
Tracking Major Events and Key Characters with the Timeline
4m
Critical Method Makes Inroads
11m
Development of Archaeology
11m
Divide between Liberal and Conservative
9m
Modern Old Testament Criticism
Do We Need the Old Testament?
9m
Systematic Theology, Salvation History, and Old Testament Unity
10m
Marxist Interpretation and Liberation Theology
10m
Current Issues in Old Testament Interpretation
9m
Exploring Themes in Apocalyptic Texts
5m
New Testament Criticism: Eighteenth—Twentieth Centuries
Skepticism of Reimarus
8m
Early Rationalism: Part 1
10m
Early Rationalism: Part 2
10m
Reactions to David Strauss
10m
Ferdinand C. Baur and the Tübingen School
9m
Bruno Bauer
10m
Later “Lives of Jesus”
10m
The Final Phase
9m
Anglo-Saxon New Testament Scholarship Since 1800
New Testament Textual Studies and the Cambridge School
10m
English Liberalism
11m
The Impact of Archaeology
10m
English Neoconservatism
11m
Modern New Testament Criticism: Jesus and the Church
Form Criticism
10m
Redaction Criticism and the New Quest for the Historical Jesus
9m
Third Quest for the Historical Jesus
10m
New Testament Criticism: Jesus Quests and the Church
9m
Paul, Gnosticism, and Personal Redemption
10m
Paul, Judaism, and the Law
7m
Distinguishing Paul’s Use of “Law” with the Word Sense Tool
5m
E. P. Sanders’ Interpretation of Paul and Judaism
10m
Recent Trends in Interpretation
Inadequacies of the Historical-Critical Method
9m
The New Hermeneutic
9m
Making Peace with the Ancient World
9m
Literary Criticism
10m
Biblical Narrative: Mimesis or History?
10m
Sociological Approaches
11m
Examples of Sociological Biblical Interpretation
9m
Sociological Interpretation to Change Society Today