New Testament Exegesis

Abstract

New Testament Exegesis conducts research on the cre ation, contents and use of the New Testament and enables students to develop s ki ls in assessing and interpreting these texts. Among the important issue of the discipline are the contents and literary character of the Gospels and Epistles, the background of New Testament texts in the Old Testament and in contemp orary Jewish and GraecoRoman milieux, their role as a source of knowledge of the historical Christ and the activities and development of the first Christian c ommunities, and the history of their impact in early Christian and modern times.