The New Testament in Its World: A Foundation in New Testament Studies (11 lectures; lecture 1 free)

If two or more of the following sound like you, this course may be a good fit.

• You want to understand the New Testament as a connected whole rather than a collection of isolated details.
• You wonder how the historical Jesus, the kingdom of God and Pauline theology fit together.
• You want to read The New Testament in Its World but find its size and cost daunting.
• You need a balanced guide to the New Perspective, historical Jesus research, textual criticism and other key debates.

About the course

An in-depth guide to N. T. Wright and Michael Bird's The New Testament in Its World, helping you work through the substance of this extensive book.

The course organizes the material around major questions in contemporary scholarship, offering a broad introduction to New Testament studies.

Experience Taehoon Kim's command of New Testament scholarship and the teaching approach that has earned a following across his courses.

Difficulty: ★★★
Provocativeness: ★★☆

Editor's note: The New Perspective on Paul and critical interpretation may be unfamiliar to some viewers. The course aims to balance scholarship and faith in an accessible way.

Instructor

Pastor Taehoon Kim

Creator of the Teacher Kim English channel on YouTube

Doctor of Ministry student, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Translator of Can We Trust the Gospels? and other works in biblical studies

Course contents

Lecture 1: How Should We Read the New Testament? (1:52:27)
Lecture 2: The World of Jesus and the Early Church (1:53:43)
Lecture 3: The Kingdom of God and the Historical Jesus (1:53:29)
Lecture 4: The Messiah's Death and the Historicity of the Resurrection (1:56:22)
Lecture 5: Three Pillars of Pauline Theology (1:48:22)
Lecture 6: Paul's Early Letters (1:44:35)
Lecture 7: The Prison Letters (1:49:11)
Lecture 8: Romans and 1–2 Corinthians (1:36:19)
Lecture 9: The Witness of the Early Gospels (1:53:16)
Lecture 10: The Formation of the Gospels (1:44:41)
Lecture 11: The General Epistles and Revelation (1:48:51)

These videos are remastered from a paid course independently organized by Taehoon Kim.