David Tenney

This two semester course is a reading intensive course in which the students’ primary text will be the Bible. Students will be given an introduction to the Catholic Church’s approach to scriptural interpretation and come to appreciate the historical, literary and theological background of the Christian scriptures. During the first semester, students will focus their study on the Old Testament. As students make their way through the various books of the Old Testament there will be an emphasis on how these stories, law codes, prophecies, and other writings fit into the overarching narrative of salvation history. During the second semester, students will study the New Testament with a special focus on the distinctive background and thematic emphasis of each of the four canonical gospels.