J. W. Rogerson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield. Judith M.Lieu is Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College London.
I. On the Discipline
History of the discipline in the last 70 years: Old Testament
History of the discipline in the last 70 years
Archaeology
Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia
Ancient Near East: Egypt
Qumran studies
Study of the Graeco-Roman world
Diaspora and rabbinic Judaism
II. Languages, translation, and textual transmission of the Bible
Language and translation of the Old Testament
Language, translation, versions, and text of the Apocrypha
Language and translation of the New Testament
Ancient versions and textual transmission of the Old Testament
Versions and textual transmission of the New Testament
III. Historical and social study of the Bible
Introduction
Israel to the end of the Persian period
Israel from the rise of Hellenism to 70 CE
The life and teaching of Jesus and the rise of Christianity
Priesthood, temple(s), and sacrifice
Law
Scribes and synagogues
Movements
Prophecy
Apocalyptic
Wisdom
Novella
Gospels
Epistles
IV. The composition of the Bible
The growth of the Old Testament
The growth of the Apocrypha
The growth of the New Testament
Authors, books, and readers in the ancient world
V. Methods in biblical scholarship
Archaeology
Textual criticism
Form, source, and redaction criticism
Rhetorical and new literary criticism
Feminist and womanist criticism
Social, political, and ideological criticism
VI. The interpretation of the Bible
Old Testament theology
New Testament theology
Biblical theology
The Bible in ethics
Jewish interpretation of the Bible
VII. The authority of the Bible
Canon
Fundamentalism(s)
Historical criticism and biblical authority
