The doctoral program (Th.D. and Ph.D.) in New Testament and Early Christianity involves the multidisciplinary study of Christian literature (canonical and extracanonical, from the first to the fourth centuries), history, religion, and theology within the broader context of the ancient Mediterranean world. The principal focus of this doctoral work is twofold: 1) to analyze ancient texts (including material culture) and to place these within a critical historiography of the ancient Mediterranean world; 2) to gain familiarity with a range of interpretive frameworks and critical approaches toward scriptures, ancient texts, and the scholarship of the field.
The program offers particular strengths in diverse approaches to the field (feminist and postcolonial studies, hermeneutics, rhetoric and ethics of interpretation, and the analysis of the material culture of antiquity, [including archaeology and papyrology]), and diverse texts, including those of the New Testament (especially the Pauline Epistles, the Gospels, Acts, Revelation, 1 Peter), Nag Hammadi and other Coptic literature, as well as apologetic, apocalyptic, and martyrdom literatures.
talk about moving the goalposts! All this shows is that this fakket yahweh doesnt exist in yours or my reality, otherwise he would get me here and now, like maybe send some she bears to rip me to shreds like he did that group of kids. Sorry buddy I have no fear or respect for your childrens stories/myths.
