New Testament
    Resources Development Policy


            1. Description

        1.1 Courses in the curriculum are organized under the following categories:

        • Exegesis
        • Theology
        • Historical Background and Christian Origin
        • Languages

        1.2 The Ph.D. area of specialization as described in the bulletin.

        • Development of the Christian community in the first and second centuries
        • History and praxis of New Testament exegesis and theology
        • Intertestamental and New Testament backgrounds, both Jewish and
          Graeco-Roman
        • Language and literature: text, canon, critical introduction, and cognate
          literature

        1.3 Dissertation Specialties as reported by the Department:

        • New Testament Exegesis and Interpretation
        • Social Science Exegesis of NT
        • Use of OT in the NT
        • Text Criticism
        • Inter-testamental Studies
        • Jewish Backgrounds of the NT
        • Greco-Roman narrative
        • Linguistic/Narrative (Modern) Analysis

            2. Resources Development Goals

        2.1 Masters Level:

          2.1.1. Standard reference works including the following:
            a. Homiletical and exegetical commentaries
            b. Essential Greek language tools
            c. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases
            d. Aids in sermon preparation
          2.1.2 Graduate level introductory works
          2.1.3 General works supporting the curriculum
          2.1.4 Spiritual Formation (limited)

        2.2 Doctoral Level:

          1.1.1 Advanced scholarly works that support dissertation specialties,
              including titles in English, German, and French.
          1.1.2 Works of prominent scholars
          1.1.3 Advanced exegetical commentaries
          2.2.4 Language tools for Greek, Syriac, Aramaic, and Coptic.
          2.2.5 Critical texts in the original languages
          2.2.6 All methodologies and hermeneutics (literary criticism,
              text criticism, narrative criticism, reader-response, deconstructive
              criticism, feminist criticism, social-scientific criticism, racial / ethnic
              - multicultural criticism).

            5. Selection

        The New Testament degree programs participate in four fund lines:

          5.1 Bible: masters level materials
          5.2 New Testament: doctoral level research materials
          4.3 Standing orders: selected standing orders for continuation series and
              materials from selected major publishers
          5.4 Focused Strengths: Apocalyptic Works covering the book of Revelation
              and other contemporary apocalyptic literature
          5.5 General

          The faculty of the New Testament Department are encouraged to recommend
          titles for the library to purchase, and to indicate whether the title should be
          funded in the Masters level or the Doctoral level fund lines.