Romans: Class Schedule, Spring 2010
Jan 28 Introduction to the course and to Romans
Feb 4 Focus: Romans 1:1-17
Translate Romans 1:1-7, 14-17
Wright, pp. 395-428
Reasoner, xix-9
Kirk, 1-55
COME WITH "FIRST CHOICE" AND "SECOND CHOICE" FOR THE
TEXT FOR THE FINAL PAPER WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER
Feb 11 Focus: Romans 1:18-32
Translate: Romans 1:18-27
Wright, pp. 428-436
Reasoner, 11-21
David Fredrickson, "Natural and Unnatural Use in Romans 1:24-27: Paul and the
Philosophical Critique of Eros,"
in Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture, pp.
197-222. Edited by David Balch.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Feb 18 Focus: Romans 2:1-3:20
Translate: Romans 3:1-8
Wright, pp. 436-468
PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TODAY
Feb 25 Focus: Romans 3:21-4:25
Translate: Romans 3:21-31
Wright, pp. 468-501
Reasoner, 23-41
Kirk, 56-83
March 4 Spring Break
March 11 Focus: Romans 5
Translate: Romans 5:12-21
Wright, pp. 501-532
Reasoner, 43-66
Kirk, 84-107
March 18 Focus: Romans 6
Translate: Romans 6:1-15
Wright, pp. 533-548
Kirk, 107-123
Richard Carlson, "The Role of Baptism in Paul’s Thought." Interpretation
47 (1993): 255-266.
March 25 Focus: Romans 7
Translate: Romans 7:14-25
Wright, pp. 549-572
Reasoner, 67-84
Kirk, 124
April 1 EASTER BREAK
April 8 Focus: Romans 8
Translate: Romans 8:18-30
Wright, pp. 573-619
Reasoner, 85-94
Kirk, 125-160
April 15 Focus: Romans 9-11
Translate: Romans 11:25-32
Wright, pp. 620-699
Reasoner, 95-128
Kirk, 161-193
Krister Stendahl, Final Account. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, pp. 33-44.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
April 22 Focus: Romans 12:1-13:14
Translate: Romans 12:1-3; 13:1-7
Wright, pp. 700-730
Reasoner, 129-142
Kirk, 194-199
April 29 Focus: Romans 14:1-15:33
Translate: Romans 14:13-23
Wright, pp. 730-751
Kirk, 199-205
May 6 Focus: Romans 16:1-27
Translate: Romans 16:1-2, 7
Wright, pp. 751-770
Reasoner, 143-149
Kirk, 206-234
COMMENTARY REVIEWS DUE TODAY
FINAL PAPERS DUE BY NOON ON MONDAY!