Upcoming Course- The New Testament You Never Knew

Students will learn that now that scholars have access to manuscripts which pre-date the heavily utilized, but corrupted, Syro-Byzantine texts that many of the stories and passages they believed to be part of the Christian tradition weren’t originally there, and were actually added much later, often several centuries. This course is a designed to introduce students to the field of textual criticism and manuscript evaluation. This is a hybridized class utilizing a mixture of in-person and online meetings.

Class will meet on Wednesdays (online) at 10AM (until 11:30AM) September 8, 15, 29, & October 6. Online lectures will utilize Zoom. Students will have access to all recorded sessions until December 1, 2021.

Class will meet on Wednesdays (in-person) at 10AM (until 11:30AM) September 22 and October 13 locally in Gig Harbor. Either at the Gig Harbor Library or Cutter’s Point Coffee (subject to availability). Students unable to attend in-person sessions will be given additional supplemental materials to facilitate independent study of missed coursework.

Course begins: September 8.

Cost per student: $60 (due by September 6) payable via check or PayPal.

Class size: six (minimum) to fifteen (maximum).

Your instructor will be Pat Lowinger.