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Syllabus 2015 SAB 1081 Intro to New Testament Hermeneutics

St. Leo Parish Phone: (416) 251-1109 ♦ Fax: (647) 436-1186 St. Augustine's Seminary [email protected]

Francis Giordano Carpinelli 277 Royal York Road

Toronto, ON M8V 2V8

SAS Classroom (Intersession) 2661 Kingston Road, Scarborough, ON M1M 1M3 [A] = Ambrozic Room [Main building] SAB1081HF L0101 [A] Introduction to the New Testament Registration deadline: April 14, 2015 Withdrawal Deadline: May 11, 2015 Tuesday 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm (unless noted below): April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm June 23 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Final Exam TBD

I. Course Description SAB 1081 introduces the student of theology into the hermeneutics of New Testament scholarly exegesis. The object of study is the NT text. The ulterior aim is to initiate the student into the profound beauty, richness and power of the NT as Word of God in the word of humans, as the privileged written expression of experiencing God’s grace in Jesus of Nazareth. The hermeneutic theory held to in this course is that of Bernard Lonergan, S. J., as found in capsule form in his Method in Theology. His teaching on the interpretation of the Scriptures and on interpretation in general inculcates best the vision of the Magisterium on interpretation as envisioned by the First and by the Second Vatican Councils. How one reads the New Testament is as important as what is in it to be read. An immediate goal is to impart the skills (methods) and contextual knowledge necessary for approaching this particular set of ancient texts from the horizon of our contemporary culture. The problem field has two fronts. The one is how to access for religious meaning today ancient texts of another culture and of another religious model (hermeneutics). The other is how to evaluate and to use exegetical methods generated by diverse hermeneutic principles. As in all scholarship, so also in biblical exegesis, faith commitment and stance play a role in perception, in the selection of relevant information, in understanding the data selected, reflection, evaluation of one's understanding. A pervading interest in the course is the relation of exegesis to theology being done today, and of theology to New Testament religion. The fundamental notion of these relationships is that of Bernard Lonergan as so succinctly laid out in his Method in Theology. At the heart of the hermeneutics to be presented here is Lonergan's ordering of cognitive operations. Interpretation of the Scriptures is a specific instance of his general cognitive theory. This course, then, provides

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the student an occasion for empowering the self to access meaning and truth in the NT. As Pope Benedict has taught us, exegesis is the grandchild of theology and the child of hermeneutics.

II. Course Requirements

1. Faithful & punctual class attendance is essential. 2. Reading the assigned material 3. Participation in the class lecture-discussions 4. Completion of a motif or of a character study. 5. Mid-term & final exams

III. Learning Outcomes

A systematic apprehension of what will be taught should enable students to:

1. Understand, appreciate and be able to articulate the issues involved in hermeneutics or the theory of interpretation

2. Understand, appreciate and be able to articulate the issues involved in reading any ancient text and in particular those of the New Testament

3. Understand, appreciate and be able to articulate the main lines of development in the history of biblical interpretation and in particular interpretation of the New Testament

4. Understand and be able to articulate the critical realism of Bernard Lonergan’s position on hermeneutics

5. Understand and explain the various methods of New Testament interpretation as either synchronic or diachronic

6. Acquire skills and techniques for fruitful interpretation of the New Testament in reading of it for personal growth

7. Apply narrative-critical exegetical skills in either a motif or in a character analysis using one motif or one character from one of the four gospels or from the Acts of the Apostles

8. Articulate the interplay of the intelligent inquiry of reason and the pious submission of faith in reading the New Testament.

IV. Required Reading Pontifical Biblical Commission: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. April 15, 1993. Dei verbum. The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation. Vatican II. Nov. 18, 1965.

You may download the above documents from several sites on the internet. Try:

http://catholicbibleresources.net/ChurchDocs/PBC_Interp-FullText.htm http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/PBCINTER.htm

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New Testament (The Revised Standard Version [preferably]) N.B.: Students should have library access to at least one good commentary on the New Testament. The suggested reference is the Jerome Biblical Commentary or the New Jerome Biblical Commentary. This access will be indispensible for gaining historical background information. Others Books Used in the Course & Placed on Reserve in the Library (SAS): Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical

Studies. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 103-134. Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. Anchor Bible Reference Library. New

York: Doubleday, 1997. Darr, J. D. On Character Building. The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-

Acts. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. Epp, E. J. and MacRae, G. W. The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters. SBL The Bible

and Its Modern Interpreters. D. A. Knight, gen. ed. Philadelphia, PA: 1989. Fitzmyer, J. A. Scripture, the Soul of Theology. New York: Paulist Press, 1994. Hong, Koog P. "Synchrony and Diachrony in Contemporary Biblical Interpretation." CBQ. Vol.

75, No. 3, July 2013; 521-539. Lonergan, Bernard. “Interpretation,” in Method in Theology. Toronto: University of Toronto

Press, 1971; 153-174. McEvenue, S. Interpretation and Bible. Essays on Truth in Literature. Collegeville: The

Liturgical Press, 1994. ____________. and Ben F. Meyer. Lonergan's Hermeneutics: Its Development and Application.

Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1989 Meyer, Ben. F., The Aims of Jesus. London: SCM Press, 1979. ____________. Critical Realism & the New Testament. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 1989. Montague, George, T. Understanding the Bible: A Basic Introduction to Biblical Interpretation.

Revised & Enlarged Edition. Paulist Press: New York/Mahwah, NJ: 2007. (STRONGLY SUGGESTED)

Powell, M. A. What is Narrative Criticism? Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. Stenger, W. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

STRONGLY SUGGESTED) Throckorton, B. H. Jr. Gospel Parallels. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1992. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. V. Class Period Structure

April 21, 2015- June 09, 2015 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Lecture/Discussion 8:00 PM – 8:10 PM Break 8:10 PM – 9:00 PM Lecture/Discussion

June 16 & 23, 2015 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Lecture/Discussion 8:00 PM – 8:10 PM Break 8:10 PM – 9:00 PM Lecture/Discussion

VI. Evaluation

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Mid-Term Exam = 30 % Paper = 30 % Final Exam = 30 % Sufficient & Acceptable Attendance at the Class Lectures = 10 %

N.B. Attendance (10%). Absence from class sessions and tardiness is no light matter. Since

all material to be covered, i.e., the course content, is in the lectures given during the classes (there is no text book for the student to follow) failure to attend the entirety of eight (8) full classes of the 10 intercession units results in the loss of 10 % of the final grade.

VI. Course Notes The students should have the following material in order to prepare for the exams:

1. Notes taken in class during lectures 2. Information from assigned readings

VIII. Course Assignments Grading is a positive function of exams, of the assignment and a negative function of the failure to attend class or habitual tardiness. N.B.: Assignments are to be typed with double spaced lines and with one inch margins. Mid-Term Exam (30% of Final Grade): The exam will be a collaborative recapitulation of the

first five units. The mid-term exam is due by midnight of the Friday after the completion of the fifth lecture. Email the work to [email protected] or fax to 647-436-1186. DO NOT EMAIL IT TO ANY ADDRESS OTHER THAT THE ONE GIVEN IN THIS SYLLABUS. The exam will have this format: 8.5x11; 12 font size; font: Courier or New Times Roman or Times; double spaced; 1 inch margins on every side; footnotes at the bottom of the page; maximum length 3-4 pages.

Final Exam (30% of Final Grade): The exam will be a collaborative recapitulation of the class

units 6 through 12. The purpose of this type of exam is as pedagogical as it is evaluative. The final exam is due by midnight of the Friday after the completion of the last lecture. Email the work to [email protected] or fax to 647-436-1186. DO NOT EMAIL IT TO ANY ADDRESS OTHER THAT THE ONE GIVEN IN THIS SYLLABUS. The exam paper will have this format: 8.5x11; 12 font size; font: Courier or New Times Roman or Times; double spaced; 1 inch margins on every side; footnotes at the bottom of the page; maximum length 3-4 pages.

Paper (30% of Final Grade): A theological motif or a character analysis chosen by the student and done by studying one of the

following books: Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John, or The Acts of The Apostles, using carefully the techniques demonstrated in the classes and as indicated in the respective Units. The paper is to be emailed or faxed and is due by midnight of

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Sunday, June 28, 2015 unless you have received from the dean an exemption form signed and faxed to me for signature. Email the work to [email protected] or fax to 647-436-1186. DO NOT EMAIL IT TO ANY ADDRESS OTHER THAT THE ONE GIVEN IN THIS SYLLABUS. The paper will have this format: 8.5x11; 12 font size; font: Courier or New Times Roman or Times; double spaced; 1 inch margins on every side; footnotes at the bottom of the page; maximum length 10 pages and a minimum length of 8 pages.

At the end of this syllabus, you will find my grading form for your papers, one for a motif

study and one for a characterization study. You should use the categories to guide you in the structuring of the study and of the writing of your paper.

WHAT IS A COLLABORATIVE RECAPITULATION? In a three to four page (maximum) typed essay the student reviews the gist of the material under study in each lecture/unit. This is a comprehensive but succinct display of what the student has learned from the unit/lecture. The paper should have one inch margins all around and be double spaced with number 12 font (Courier or Times New Roman). A “collaborative recapitulation” summarizes what went on in the units to be reviewed, what was taught. It is not a recapitulation of your paper. What stream of thought was the professor presenting in each unit/lecture? What was/were the major idea(s) running through the units? What did I teach and why did I teach it? Exemplify your summation. IX. Consultation The professor may be reached at 416-251-1109 for making appointments. Private appointments may be made to be held on the Scarborough campus on Tuesdays prior to class. Appointments for other times will have to be at the St. Leo's parish office. I will be in the classroom by 6:00 pm on Tuesdays. X. Course Sources BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. References: D.N. Freedman, ed., The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols., (New York: Doubleday, 1992). F.G. Martinez, The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994). J.L. McKenzie, A Dictionary of the Bible, (Milwaukee: Bruce, 1965). X. Leon-Dufour, Dictionary of the New Testament, (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980). G.A. Buttrick, ed., Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols., (New York: Abingdon, 1962). L.E. Keck, ed., New Interpreter’s Bible, in 12 vols., (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995). R.E. Brown, J. Fitzmyer, R. Murphy, eds., The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, (Englewood

Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990).

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G. Kittel, G. Friedrich, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 9 vols. (Grand Rapids, MI:

Eerdmans, 1964-1976). G.W. Bromiley, ed., Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Abridged in One Volume,

(Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1985). Reference will be made to other texts that are useful for understanding the Apocalypse of

John, and apocalyptic literature. These include: Charlesworth, J.M., The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, 2 vols., (Garden City: Doubleday, 1983

& 1985). Schürer, E., The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135) ,

ed., Geza Vermès (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1973/1979) vol. I–III. 2. Geography of Holy Land Aharoni, Y. and Avi-Yonah, M. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. New York: Macmillan, 1977. Avigad, N. Discovering Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Shikmona, 1980. 3. Hermeneutics Breech, J. Jesus and Postmodernism. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989. Boxall, Ian. Introduction to New Testament Interpretation. SCM Study-Guide to New Testament

Interpretation. London: SCM Press, 2007. Brown, R. Biblical Exegesis and Church Doctrine. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985. ___________. The Critical Meaning of the Bible. How a Modern Reading of the Bible

Challenges Christians, the Church and the Churches. Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1981. Brueggemann, W. Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible and Postmodern Imagination.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. Fitzmyer, J. A. Scripture, the Soul of Theology. New York: Paulist Press, 1994. (Hermeneutics). Froehlich, K. Transl. and ed. Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church. Sources of Early

Christian Thought. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. Kaiser, Walter C., and Moises Silva. An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics: The Search for

Meaning. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007. Lewis, C. S. God in the Dock. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1970. McEvenue, S. Interpretation and Bible. Essays on Truth in Literature. Collegeville: The

Liturgical Press, 1994. ____________. and Ben F. Meyer. Lonergan's Hermeneutics: Its Development and Application.

Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1989 Meyer, Ben. F., The Aims of Jesus. London: SCM Press, 1979. ____________. Critical Realism & the New Testament. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 1989. Montague, G. T. Understanding the Bible. A Basic Introduction to Biblical Interpretation.

Mahwah, N. J.: Paulist Press,1997. Rahner, K., & Ratzinger, J. Revelation and Tradition. Quaestiones disputatae 17. Freiburg:

Herder, 1966. Ramm, Bernard. Protestant Biblical Interpretation: A Textbook of Hermeneutics. 3rd rev ed.

Grand rapids: Baker Academic, 1980. Riches, J. K. A Century of New Testament Study. Valley Forge: Trinity International, 1993.

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Schneiders, M. The Revelatory Text. Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture. New

York: Harper-Collins, 1991. Soulen, R. N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Second Edition. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981. 3.1. Documents of Churches Article VI, Articles of Religion, Church of England. The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture, Theology and Faith Committee, United Church of

Canada, 1989. Living Faith: Statement Of Christian Belief, §5, The Presbyterian Church in Canada: Committee

on Church Doctrine, 1984. Benedict XV. Spiritus Paraclitus. On the Fifteenth Centenary of the Death of St. Jerome. Sept.

15, 1920. Leo XIII. Providentissimus Deus. On the Study of Sacred Scripture. Nov. 18, 1893. Pius XII. Divino Afflante Spiritu. Promotion of Biblical Studies. Sept. 30, 1943. Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. April 15, 1993. Vatican II. Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation. Nov. 18, 1965. 3.2. Science & Scripture Davies, P. God and the New Physics. London: Dent, 1983. ____________. The Cosmic Blueprint. New Discoveries in Nature's Creative Ability to Order

the Universe. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. ____________. The Mind of God. The Scientific Basis for a Rational World. New York: Simon

& Schuster, 1993. Ferguson, K. The Fire in the Equations. Science, Religion and the Search for God. Grand

Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995. Polkinghorne, J. Reason and Reality. The Relationship between Science and Theology.

Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991. ____________. Serious Talk. Science and Religion in Dialogue. Valley Forge: Trinity Press

International, 1995. Russell, B. Why I Am Not a Christian. New York: Allen & Urwin, 1957. Russell, R. J., Stoeger, W. R., S. J., and Coyne, G. V. Physics, Philosophy and Theology. A

Quest for Understanding. Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory, 1988. Schroeder, G. L. Genesis and the Big Bang. The Discovery of Harmony between Modern

Science and the Bible. New York: Bantam Books, 1992. 4. Historicity of the Gospels & Acts Brown, S. The Origins of Christianity. A Historical Introduction to the New Testament. New

York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Leon-Dufour, X. The Gospels and the Jesus of History. Transl. J. McHugh. NY: Desclee Co.,

1967. 5. Historical-Cultural Background of the New Testament Era Aune, D. E. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Library of Early Christianity.

Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.

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Bagatti, B. The Church from the Circumcision: History and Archeology of the Judeo-Christians.

Translated by Eugene Hoade. Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Minor 2. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1984.

____________. The Church from the Gentiles in Palestine: History and Archeology. Translated by Eugene Hoade. Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Minor 2. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1984.

Bickerman, E. J. The Jews in the Greek Age. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988. Cross, F. M. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973. Freyne, S. The World of the New Testament. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1980. Hengel, M. Judaism and Hellenism. Translated by John Bowden. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981. ____________. The Son of God: The Origins of Christology and the History of Jewish-

Hellenistic Religion. Translator: J. Bowden. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1976. Kraus, H-J. Worship in Israel: A Cultic History of the Old Testament. Translated by G.

Buswell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1966. Malina, B. J. The New Testament World. Insights from Cultural Anthropology. Atlanta: John

Knox, 1981. Vermes, G. "Methodology in the Study of Jewish Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period." JJS

36 (1985) 145-58. ____________. Scripture and Tradition in Judaism: Haggadic Studies. Studia Post-Biblica, IV.

Ed. P. A. H. DeBoer. Leiden: Brill, 1961. ____________. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective. London: Collins, 1977. 6. Introductions to the New Testament Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green and Marianne Meye Thompson. Introducing the New

Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2001.

Boxall, Ian. Introduction to New Testament Interpretation. SCM Studyguide to New Testament Interpretation. London: SCM Press, 2007.

Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Burkett, Delbert Royce. An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Collins, R.F., Introduction to the New Testament, (Garden City: Doubleday, 1983). Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings.

2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Epp, E. J. and MacRae, G. W. The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters. SBL The Bible

and Its Modern Interpreters. D. A. Knight, gen. ed. Philadelphia, PA: 1989. Fee, G. D. New Testament Exegesis. Rev. ed. Louisville: Westminster-John Knox Press, 1993;

145-164. ____________. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. Third ed.

Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002. Gooder, Paula. A New Guide for Navigating New Testament Studies. Searching for Meaning: An

Introduction to Interpreting the New Testament. London: SPCK, 2008. Johnson, Luke Timothy and Todd C. Penner. The Writings of the New Testament: An

Interpretation. Rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999. Kümmel, W. G. Introduction to the New Testament. Transl. by H. C. Kee. Revised ed. New

York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1975. Perkins, P. Reading the New Testament. Revised edition. New York: Paulist Press, 1988.

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Perrin, N. The New Testament. An Introduction. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Powell, M. A. ed. The New Testament Today. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press,

1999. Roetzel, Calvin J. The World That Shaped the New Testament. Rev. ed. Louisville: Westminster

John Knox Press, 2002. Stenger, W. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. Wikenhauser, A. New Testament Introduction. Freiburg: Herder, 1958. 7. Methods & Perspectives of New Testament Study: 7.1. Canonical Criticism Gamble, H. Y. The New Testament Canon. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985. Sanders, J. A. Canon and Community. A Guide to Canonical Criticism. Philadelphia: Fortress

Press, 1984. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 5-20; 168-174. 7.2. Feminist Criticism Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical Studies.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 103-134. Collins, A. Y. ed. Feminist Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship. Chico, CA: Scholars Press,

1985. Fiorenza-Schussler, E. Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation.

Boston: Beacon, 1984. 7.3. Historical-Critical Methods Allen, R. J. Contemporary Biblical Interpretation for Preaching. Valley Forge: Judson Press,

1984. Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical Studies.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 1-22. Collins, R. F. Introduction to the New Testament. Garden City: Doubleday, 1983. Krentz, E. The Historical-Critical Method. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1974. McKnight, E. V. What is Form Criticism? Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969. McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1988. Neusner, J. What Is Midrash? Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987. Perrin, N. What Is Redaction Criticism. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969. Spivey, R. A. and Smith, D. M. Anatomy of the New Testament. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan,

1982. Stein, R. H. "The Proper Methodology for Ascertaining a Markan Redaction History." NT 13

(1971) 181-98. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 41-135.

7.4. Rhetorical Criticism Mack, B. L. Rhetoric and the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.

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____________. and Robbins, V. K. Patterns of Persuasion in the Gospels. Foundations and

Facets. Literary Facets. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge Press, 1989. 7.5. Literary: Narrative Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic, 1981. ____________. and Frank Kermode, eds. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge, Mass.:

Harvard University Press, Belknap, 1987. Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical Studies.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 23-49. Auerbach, E. Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature. Translated by

Willard Trask. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. Aune, D. E. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Library of Early Christianity.

Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987. Beardslee, W. A. Literary Criticism of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969. Darr, J. D. On Character Building. The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-

Acts. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. Funk, R. W. The Poetics of Biblical Narrative. Foundations and Facets. Literary Facets. Sonoma,

CA: Polebridge Press, 1988. Kingsbury, J. D. Luke in Conflict. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. ____________. Matthew As Story. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. Kurz, W. S. Reading Luke-Acts. Dynamics of Biblical Narrative. Louisville: Westminster-John

Knox Press, 1993. (Historical-Critical & Narrative Critical Methods.) McKnight, E. V. and Malbon, E. S. eds. The New Literary Criticism and the New Testament.

Valley Forge, PA: Trinity International Press, 1994. Moore, S. D. Literary Criticism and the Gospels. The Theoretical Challenge. New Haven: Yale

University Press, 1989. Peterson, N. P. Literary Criticism for New Testament Critics. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978. Powell, M. A. What is Narrative Criticism? Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. Sternberg, M. The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of

Reading. Bloomington: Indiana U. Press, 1985; 365-440. Talbert, C. H. Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts. SBL

Monograph Series, 20. Missoula: Society of Biblical Literature and Scholars Press, 1974. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 174-183. 7.6. Reader Response Criticism Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical Studies.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 50-83. Fowler, R. M. Let the Reader Understand: Reader-Response Criticism and the Gospel of Mark.

Minneapolis: fortress Press, 1991. 7.7. Social Science Criticism Anderson, J. C. and Moore, S. D., eds. Mark and Method. New Approaches in Biblical Studies.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; 135-161. Elliott, J. H. What Is Social-Scientific Criticism? Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1993.

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Holmberg, B. Sociology and the New Testament. An Appraisal. Minneapolis: Fortress Press,

1990. Kee, H. C. Knowing the Truth. A Sociological Approach to New Testament Interpretation.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1897. Osiek, C. What Are They Saying about the Social Setting of the New Testament? New York:

Paulist Press, 1992. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 136-150. 7.8. Structural Criticism Patte, D. What is Structural Exegesis? Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1976. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 151-166. 7.9. Textual Criticism Finegan, J. Encountering New Testament Manuscripts. London: SPCK, 1975. Metzger, B. M. The Text of the New Testament. Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration.

2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament. Methods of Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress,

1987; 21-40. 8. Synopses (Gospel Parallels) Aland, K. ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels. Greek-English Edition of the Synopsis Quattuor

Evangeliorum. 7th edition. Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 1984. Kloppenborg, J. Q Parallels: Synopsis, Critical Notes and Concordance. Sonoma: Polebridge

Press, 1988. 9. Synoptic Problem & Q Barr, A., A Diagram of Synoptic Relationships, (Edinburgh, 1963). Beardslee, A., Literary Criticism of the New Testament, inGuides to Biblical Scholarship. New

Testament Series, (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1970), p. 64-74. Bellinzoni, A. J. et alii. The Two-Source Hypothesis: A Critical Appraisal. Macon, GA: Mercer

University Press, 1985. Bultmann, R., The History of the Synoptic Tradition, (Oxford, 1963). Burkitt, F.C., The Earliest Sources for the Life of Jesus, (New York, 1922). Carlston, C.E., the Parables of the Triple Tradition, (Philadelphia, 1975). Chapman, J., Matthew, Mark, and Luke, (New York, 1937). Dibelius, Martin, From Tradition to Gospel, (Greenwood, SC: 1971). Edwards, R.A., A Theology of Q, (Philadelphia, 1976). Farmer, R.W., The Synoptic Problem: A Critical Analysis, (New York, 1964). Goodacre, Mark S. The Case against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem.

Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 2002. Havener, Ivan, Q, The Sayings of Jesus, with a Reconstruction of Q by Athanasius Polag,

(Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier, 1987). Howard, W.F., “The Origin of the Symbol ‘Q’,” The Expository Times 50 (1938-1939) 379-380.

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Jameson, H.E., The Origin of the Synoptic Gospels, (Oxford, 1922). Knox, W.L., The Sources of the Synoptic Gospels, ed., H. Chadwick, 2 vols., (Cambridge, 1953-

57). Manson, T.W., Studies on the Gospels and Epistles, (Philadelphia, 1962). ____________. The Sayings of Jesus as Recorded in the Gospels According to Matthew and

Luke, (London, 1946). ____________. The Teaching of Jesus, (Cambridge, 1951). McArthur, Harvey K., “The Origin of the ‘Q’ Symbol,” Expository Times 88 (1977) 119-120. Neirynck, F. "Synoptic Problem." The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Eds. R. E. Brown, et

alii. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1990; 587-95. ____________., T. Hansen, F. Van Segbroeck, eds., The Minor Agreements of Matthew and

Luke against Mark with a Cumulative List, in: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 37 (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1974), especially p. 49-195.

____________. “The Symbol Q (= Quelle),” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 54 (1978) 119-125.

Nineham, D.E., ed., Studies in the Gospels [in memory of R.H. Lightfoot], (Oxford, 1957). Redlich, E.B., Students’ Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels, (London, 1936). Ropes, R.H., The Synoptic Gospels, (Harvard, 1961). Sanday, W., Studies in the Synoptic Problem, (Oxford, 1911). Sanders, E.P., and Margaret Davies, Studying the Synoptic Gospels, (London: SCM, and

Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989). Silbermann, L.H., “Whence Siglum Q? A Conjecture,” Journal of Biblical Literature 98 (1979)

287-288. Stein, R. H. The Synoptic Problem: An Introduction. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1987. Stonehouse, N.B., Origin of the Synoptic Gospels, (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1963). 10. Exegetical & Theological Studies Brown, R. The Birth of the Messiah. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1979. ____________. An Introduction to New Testament Christology. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1994. Brown, S. Apostasy and Perseverance in the Theology of Luke. AnBib 36. Rome: Pontifical

Biblical Institute Press, 1969. Bruce, F. F. New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes. Grand Rapids, MI:

Eerdmens, 1969. Carpinelli, F. G. “’Being Children of the Resurrection’: Ultimate Experience and Existence in

Luke-Acts.” Ultimate Meaning and Reality: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Philosophy of Understanding 20 (1997) 3-22.

____________. “’Do This as My Memorial’ (Luke 22:19): Lucan Soteriology of Atonement.” CBQ 61 (1999) 74-91.

Fitzmyer, J. A. Scripture and Christology. New York: Paulist Press, 1986. Fuller, R. H. and Perkins, P. Who Is This Christ? Gospel Christology and Contemporary Faith.

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983. Jeremias, J. New Testament Theology: The Proclamation of Jesus. Translated by I. Bowden.

New York: Charles Scribner's, 1971. (A Thematic Study) ____________. and K. C. Hanson. Jesus and the Message of the New Testament. Fortress

Classics in Biblical Studies. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. Marrow, S. B. The Words of Jesus in Our Gospels: A Catholic Response to Fundamentalism.

New York: Paulist Press, 1979.

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Marshall, I. H. The Origins of New Testament Christology. Updated edition. Downers Grove, IL:

Intervarsity Press, 1983. Moule, C. D. F. The Origins of Christology. London: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Navone, J. Themes of St. Luke. Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1970. Senior, D. Christology in the Making. London: SCM, 1980. ____________. Jesus: A Gospel Portrait. Dayton: Pflaum, 1975. Thurston, B. Spiritual Life in the Early Church. The Witness of Acts and Ephesians.

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. (Thematic Study.) Schweizer, E. A Theological Introduction to the New Testament. Transl. O. C. Dean, Jr.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991. van Linden, P. The Gospel of Luke and Acts. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1986. (Thematic

Study.) Vawter, B. This Man Jesus: An Essay toward a New Testament Christology. London: 1975. Via, Dan Otto. What Is New Testament Theology? Guides to Biblical Scholarship. New

Testament Series. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 2002. 11. Jesus Research Hoover, Roy W. Profiles of Jesus. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge Press, 2002. Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide. Minneapolis:

Fortress Press, 1998. Theissen, Gerd and Dagmar Winter. The Quest for the Plausible Jesus: The Question of Criteria.

1st American ed. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. 12. The Gospel of Thomas Bauer, J.B., “The Synoptic Tradition in the Gospel of Thomas,” in F.L. Cross, ed., Studia

Evangelica iii, (Berlin, 1964), 314-317 (=TU 88). Brown, R.E., “The Gospel of Thomas and St. John’s Gospel,” NTS 9 (1963) 155-177. Crossan, J.D., Four Other Gospels. Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, 1985. Neirynck, F., “The Apocryphal Gospels and the Gospel of Mark,” in J.-M. Sevrin (ed.), The New

Testament in Early Christianity, (Leuven, 1989), 123-175, esp. 133-140 (=BETL 86). Schrage, W., Das Verhältnis des Thomasevangeliums zur synoptischen Tradition und zu den

koptischen Evangelienübersetzungen (Berlin, 1964) (= BZNW 29) [see review by R. McL. Wilson, VC 20 (1966) 118-123.]

Tuckett, C.M., “Thomas and the Synoptics,” NovT 30 (1988) 132-157.

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XI: Outline of the 12 Lectures (Ten classes)

Part I: The Relation of Scripture to the Church Lecture 1 Orientation 1.1. The Object of Study: The New Testament, The Text (Dispensa)

1.1.1. What is Revelation?

Relation between Revelation & Sacred Scripture What is Inspiration? Relation between Inspiration & Inerrancy Authorship of Sacred Scripture: God & humans The Authority of Sacred Scripture, The Canon of Sacred Scripture &

Magisterium Relation of History to Revelation -- Fundamentalists

-- Tom Harpur Types -- Principle of the Incarnation as Hermeneutic Stance

1.1.2. Origin and Transmission of Tradition 1.1.3. Experience of Grace: Its Communication -- Oral, Written, Edited, Canonical (Dispensa) 1.1.4. The Versions & Translation as Interpretation ; (Equivalence: Formal versus Dynamic)

1.2. Four Different Operations

1.2.1. Religion 1.2.2. Theology Past-Present-Future 1.2.3. Hermeneutics 1.2.4. Biblical Exegesis

1.2.4.1. Synchronic – internal relations 1.2.4.2. Diachronic – external relations

Strongly Suggested Readings: Crowe, F. E., S. J. “Theology and the Past: Changing Views on the Sources,” in Appropriating

the Lonergan Idea. Ed. M. Vertin. Washington, D. C.: Catholic University Press, 1989; 252-264.

Lonergan, Bernard. “Interpretation,” in Method in Theology. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971; 149-174.

Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. April 15, 1993. Stenger, W.. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. (Hermeneutic Foundation, xi-9) Suggested Readings:

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Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. (Nature and Origin of the NT, 3-19; How to

Read the NT, 20-47) Epp. E. J. and MacRae, G. W. The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters (201-228) Perkins, P. Reading the New Testament. (Why Study the Bible, 1-20; The World of Jesus, 23-48) McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. (Intro & Questions, 13-27) Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament, Methods of Interpretation. (Problems of Intro, 41-67) Lecture 2 Fundamentals of NT Exegesis 2.1. Problem of Input: intent of the author, form of the text, intent of the reader (Dispensa) 2.2. Exegetical Task: Describing the Text's Internal & External Relations (Dispensa)

2.2.1. Synchronic Description & Explanation (Dispensa)

2.2.1.1. The Text's Form and Structures 2.2.1.2. Narrative and Rhetorical Criticism

2.2.2 Diachronic Description & Explanation (Dispensa)

2.2.2.1. Textual Criticism (Dispensa) 2.2.2.2. Tradition and Source Criticism (Dispensa) 2.2.2.3. Genre Criticism (Setting in the Life of the Church) (Dispensa) 2.2.2.4. Redaction Criticism

Strongly Suggested Readings: Stenger, W.. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. (Problem of the Original Text, 13-21);

(Exegetical Methods I, 22-27) Suggested Readings: Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. (The text of the NT, 48-54) McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. (Textual Criticism, 47-50) Perkins, P. Reading the New Testament. (The Messiah Jesus, 5-113) Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament, Methods of Interpretation (Textual Criticism, 21-40)

Part II: Historical Criticism Lecture 3 Approaching the Text 3.1. The Problem of the Original Text (Text Criticism: Matt 1:16; Acts 15:29)

3.2. What is a text?

3.3. The Text's Form and Structures (Luke 18:9-14) (Dispensa)

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Finding structuring elements (micro- & macro-structures): headings, summaries, inclusio, sandwiching, chiasmus, parallelism & paralleling, turning point, contrast, similarity, imagery, themes, motifs, leitwörter (Dispensa)

3.4. Discerning a Text's Unity or Disunity (Mark 2:1-12) (Tensions in Text; Tradition Criticism) (Dispensa) 3.5. Determining Genre (Genre Criticism) Strongly Suggested Readings: Metzger, B. M., The Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. Third Edition. London:

UBS; pp. xiii-xxxi. Stenger, W.. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. (Exegetical Methods II & III, 28-58) Suggested Readings: Epp. E. J. and MacRae, G. W. The New Testament and Its Modern Interpreters (75-189) Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament, Methods of Interpretation. (68-135) Lecture 4 Exegesis in Practice 4.1. Jesus Eats with Tax Collectors (Mark 2:13-17/Matt 9:9-13/Luke 5:27-32) (Dispensa) Strongly Suggested Readings:

McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. (Synoptic Problem, 33-44) Stenger, W.. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. (61-72; 118-132) Suggested Readings:

Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. (55-73; 74-96; 99-125) Lecture 5 Exegesis in Practice 5.1. The Centurion of Capernaum (Matt 8:5-13/Luke 7:1-10; Q) (Dispensa)

5.2. Healing the Royal Official's Son (John 4:46c-54) (Dispensa) Strongly Suggested Readings: Stenger, W.. Introduction to New Testament Exegesis. (99-117) Suggested Readings:

Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. (126-332) Perkins, P. Reading the New Testament. (203-254)

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Part III: Literary Criticism

Lecture 6 Literary Considerations 6.1. Narrative-Critical Method & Considerations:

Real Author vs. Implied Author Implied Readers vs. Luke's Community The Problem of Genre

6.2. Word Study (Analysis)

Word Study E.g., of Word Study: Evangel

6.3. What Is a Motif? What Is a Theme?

Freedman's Definition Alter on Theme & Motif Theology from Motif Study How does one get to the theology of Luke & Acts for example?

Strongly Suggested Readings: Powell, M. A. What is Narrative Criticism? (1-22) McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. (97-108 [word analysis]) Suggested Readings: Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. Freedman, W. "The Literary Motif: A Definition and Evaluation." Novel 4, 123-31. McKnight, S. Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels. (109-117 [motif analysis]; 121-137) Tuckett, C. Reading the New Testament, Methods of Interpretation. (174-181) Lecture 7 Motifs 7.1. Doing Motif Analysis (Freedman's Model):

Recurring Element Primary Function Of A Motif = To Act Symbolically

7.2. To Establish the Presence of a Motif

E.G. of a Motif in Luke & Acts: Prayer 1. Frequency, 2. Avoidability, 3. Significant Context, 4. Symbolic Value E.G. of a Motif in Luke & Acts: Food 1. Frequency, 2. Avoidability, 3. Significant Context, 4. Symbolic Value

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Strongly Suggested Readings: Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. (pp. 88-113) O'Brien, P. T. "Prayer in Luke-Acts," Tyndale Bulletin 24 (1978) 111-127. Trites, A. "The Prayer Motif in Luke-Acts," Perspectives on Luke-Acts. Ed. C. H. Talbert.

Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1978; 168-186. Lecture 8 Motifs & Themes Motif of Testing-Suffering Lecture 9 Healing Motif Lecture 10 Rhetoric of Characterization 10.1. Building Characters

Holistic & Contextual Sequential & Cumulative Literary & Social Forces Conditioning the Text The Text’s Rhetoric

10.2 Luke’s Characterization of God Strongly Suggested Readings: Darr, J. D. On Character Building. The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-

Acts. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992; pp. 11-59. Lecture 11. Luke’s Characterization of Mary and of Peter Strongly Suggested Readings: Darr, J. D. On Character Building. The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-

Acts. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992; pp. 60-84. Lecture 12. Review of Major Concepts for the Exam

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SAB 1081 Intro to New Testament Hermeneutics MOTIF STUDY

EVALUATION PAPER

STUDENT'S NAME:

Content Mastery Understands the facts, theories, concepts

LOW AVERAGE HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Communication Skills Communicates clearly and persuasively

Uses proper grammar and syntax

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Evinces Theme's Presence & Function Frequency of recurrence

Significance of context

Correlates motif to theme

Symbolic function & meaning

Grasps the theoretical assumptions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Creativity Produces own insights/masters material

Avoids simple repetition

Brings own beliefs or imagination to bear

Shows pastoral implications of material

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Coherence States argument clearly

Develops argument with force

Organizes material (Connects Steps)

Identifies underlying problems/issues

Documents assertions

Quality of Evidence

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Compliance with Directions Format

Length

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SAB 1081 Intro to New Testament Hermeneutics Some Motifs & Themes in Luke & Acts

Suggestions for Papers:

banquet blessing (& who gets it) compassion comfort/consolation of Israel's cult conversion discipleship evangel faith fatherhood fear/not fearing food, grace/favor healing hope house/home/household humility/pride Jerusalem journey joy justice, light love of Scripture mission

peace piety/cult/temple possessions power/authority prayer (subthemes) promise refusal/rejection remission of sin righteousness suffering/hardship surety teaching the faithful God, today/now visiting way who gets God's blessing who is open/closed to God's will witness women word of God worship

You are welcome to take any theme that may interest you, whether evangelical-pastoral or not; e.g., Christological themes. Only confer with me first.

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SAB 1081 Intro to New Testament Hermeneutics CHARACTER STUDY

EVALUATION PAPER

STUDENT'S NAME:

Content Mastery Understands the facts, theories, concepts

LOW AVERAGE HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Communication Skills Communicates clearly and persuasively

Uses proper grammar and syntax

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Evinces the Construction of a Character Character & Plot, Setting, Other Characters

Sequential & Cumulative Building of the Character

Literary & Social Forces Conditioning the Text

Rhetoric of the Characterization

Grasps the theoretical assumptions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Creativity Produces own insights/masters material

Avoids simple repetition

Brings own beliefs or imagination to bear

Shows pastoral implications of material

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Coherence States argument clearly

Develops argument with force

Organizes material (Connects Steps)

Identifies underlying problems/issues

Documents assertions

Quality of Evidence

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Compliance with Directions Format

Length

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Remarks

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