Paul and His Letters 2

Welcome to the ”Paul and His Letters part 2”

You may register as a credit or as an audit student through the link:
raamattukoulu.net/pohjoismainen-raamattukoulu-kevatkaudella-2020/

Credit students must complete a set of assignments on top of to attending the lessons.
If you register, we can send you the class materials before the classes take place.

You also may join listening to our teaching on site at Raamattu Puhuu Church in Helsinki on Thursday June 4, on Friday June 5, and on Saturday June 6.
For this you need to pre-register your attendance by writing to helsinki@raamattupuhuu.fi.
The places onsite are limited, so pre-registration is the only way to get a seat in Pukinmäki to listen to the lessons together with a small group of students.

Class schedule (Each lesson has links to the teaching channel, the translation channel, and the handouts):

Lesson 1 – Tuesday 2.6. at 6 pm – Fredriksson: The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 1
(instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)
Handout: Paul and His Epistles 2 – Fredriksson – New Perspective on Paul with Special Reference to N.T.Wright Article
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Fredriksson – Old and New Perspective to Paul – Slides handout 

Lesson 2 – Tuesday 2.6. at 7 pm – Fredriksson: The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 2
(instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)

Lesson 3 – Thursday 4.6. at 6 pm – Salonen: Philippians
(instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Salonen – Philippians slides

Lesson 4 – Thursday 4.6. at 7 pm – Fredriksson: Colossians
(instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Fredriksson – Colossians Article

Lesson 5 – Friday 5.6. at 6 pm – Petrenko: Ephesians 1
(Instruction in English on ”Teaching zoom channel)
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Petrenko – Ephesians 1 slides

Lesson 6 – Friday 5.6. at 7 pm – Petrenko: Ephesians 2: Special Issues in Ephesians
(Instruction in English on ”Teaching zoom channel)

Lesson 7 – Saturday 6.6. 10 am – Kyrö: Epistle to Philemon
(instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)

Lesson 8 – Saturday 6.6. 11 am – Nousiainen: 1st Timothy
(Instruction in English on ”Teaching zoom channel)
Paul and His Letters 2 – Nousiainen – 1st Timothy

Lesson 9 – Saturday 6.6. 1 pm – Reini: Epistle to Titus
(Instruction in Finnish; simultaneous translation to English on ”Translation zoom channel”)
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Reini – Letter to Titus

Lesson 10 – Saturday 6.6. 2 pm – Nousiainen: 2nd Timothy
(Instruction in English on ”Teaching zoom channel)
Handout: Paul and His Letters 2 – Nousiainen – 2nd Timothy

TEACHING ZOOM CHANNEL (lessons 1-4, 7 and 9 instruction in Finnish; lessons 5-6, 8 and 10 instruction in English)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9798977619pwd=dlRuOTYwZGdXMHhYR2w5enZHR08xQT09
Meeting ID: 979 897 7619
Password: 809188

TRANSLATION ZOOM CHANNEL (lessons 1-4, 7 and 9 simultaneous translation to English; lessons 5-6, 8 and 10 simultaneous translation to Finnish)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4080982348
Meeting ID: 408 098 2348
Password: 643414

Course introduction, faculty and schedule

“Paul and His Letters” is a five credit point course designed to give the students a deeper view of the Pauline Epistles and their background. These epistles are the foundation of the church age understanding of the person and the work of Christ, and of the role of the church in God’s plan.   

The epistles are studied in the order of their writing and a special emphasis is given to the cont-emporary Pauline studies and their results. The teaching itself is anchored in the view that the Bible is inspired and inerrant Word of God. Also the frameworks of Free Grace and Dispensat-ionalism are considered particularly fruitful in finding answers to many controversial interpret-ative questions. The course involves two intensive teaching weekend sessions and several read-ing- and writing assignments.

COURSE FACULTY

Tero Fredriksson
M.Div (Grace School of Theology, TX), M.Th. (Northwestern Univ. South Africa), BBS (MBC&S), Armon seurakunnan pastori, Vaasa

Mikael Toll
B.Th and B. Miss (MBC&S), M.A in Ministry, M.A in Counseling, M.Div and D.Min (Luther Rice Seminary), Tukholman Nådens Mission -seurakunnan pastori

Jarmo Salonen
M.Div (Grace School of Theology, TX), OTK (Helsingin Yliopisto), MQ (Teknillinen Korkeakoulu)

Arto Nousiainen
MuM (Sibelius-Akatemia), BBS (MBC&S), Helsingin Raamattu Puhuu -seurakunnan apulaispastori

Ester Petrenko
PhD in New Testament Studies (Univ. of Durham); MA Honours in Theology (Continental Theological Seminary, Brussels);
Present appointments include: Research Fellow at St. Johns College (Univ. of Durham); Associate Professor at Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology, Norway; Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Extraordinary Research Fellow at Northwest University, South Africa; Academic Dean at Latvian Biblical Centre in Latvia

Ekku Reini
M.A. n Biblical Studies (Grace School of Theology); Jyväskylän Raamattu Puhuu -seurakunnan johtava pastori

”Paul and His Letters 2 — 2020”
(Thematic surveys, Colossians, Philemon, Prison Epistles, Pastoral Epistles)

  • Pre-course work 4.5.–1.6.
  • Session timess: Tuesday 2.5. 18–20; Thursday 4.5. 18–20; Friday 5.5. 18–20; Saturday 6.5. 10–14; (altogether 9 teaching hours)
  • Post-course work 6.5.–1.7.

Class Schdule:

Tuesday 2.6.
18-18:50 – The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 1 (Tero Fredriksson)
19-19:50 – The Old and the New Perspective to Paul’s Epistles 2 (Tero Fredriksson)

Thursday 4.6.
18-18:50 – Philippians (Jarmo Salonen)
19-19:50 – Colossians (Tero Fredriksson)

Friday 5.6.
18-18:50 – Ephesians 1 (Ester Petrenko)
19-19:50 – Ephesians 2: Special Issues in Ephesians (Ester Petrenko)

Saturday 6.6.
10-10:50 – Philemon (Risto Kyrö)
11-11:50 – 1st Timothy (Arto Nousiainen)
13-13:50 – Titus (Ekku Reini)
14-14:50 – 2nd Timothy (Arto Nousiainen)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT

INTENSIVE WEEKENDS

Successful course performance requires attendance in both of the two nine hour teaching sessions in the Scandinavian School of the Bible in Helsinki or following them through a distance connection provided separately.

Pre-course and post-course work

In addition successful course work includes timely fulfillment of pre-course and post-course work. They include both reading and writing assignments. More information will be available at registration.

DISTANCE LEARNING

The course can also be completed as distance learning, either partly or fully. More information will be available at registration.