APPENDIX

perience that then came to the members of the Jerusalem community. 6. The central ideas in Peter's sermon. 7. The beliefs of the primitive Christians.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Speaking with tongues in the early Christian church. Scott, The Beginnings of the Church, 57-83; Lake, Earlier Epistles of St. Paul, 241-252; Cutten, Psych. Phenomena of Christianity, 37-59. 2. The use of the title "Lord." Scott, Beginnings of the Church, 84-108; Weiss, Kurios. 3. Medieval and modern faith-cures. Cutten, Psych. Phenomena of Christianity, 196–231.

§ CXLVII. The Life of the Primitive Christian Community. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the circumstances and the significance of the healing of the lame man in the temple. 2. The leading ideas in Peter's address to the multitude. 3. The reasons why the apostles were arrested and the basis of their defense before the Sanhedrin. 4. Economic and social principles governing the Christian community at Jerusalem. 5. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira. 6. How far and in what respects was the community at Jerusalem a local realization of Jesus' ideal of the Kingdom of God?

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The origin and history of the Ecclesia or Church. Scott, Beginnings of the Church, 28-56; Hastings, D. B., I, 425, 426. 2. Communistic tendencies in early Christianity. McGiffert, Apostolic Age, 66-70; Dobschütz, Christian Life in the Prim. Church, 143-6; Rauschenbush, Christianity and the Social Crisis 120-3.

§ CXLVIII. The Work and Death of Stephen. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Why did Christianity appeal especially to the Jews of the dispersion? 2. Describe the reasons which led to the appointment of the seven, and their personnel. 3. The personality of Stephen. 4. The subjects discussed by him with the Hellenistic Jews. 5. His attitude toward Judaism and his claims for Christianity. 6. His contributions to the new faith through his teachings and martyrdom.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The religious and social life of the Jewish synagogue. Hastings, D. B., IV, 640-3; Oesterley and Box, Religion and Worship of the Synagogue. 2. The Jewish proselyting movement. McGiffert, Apostolic Age, 157–160; Dobschütz, Life in the Primitive Church, 160-7; Harnack, Expansion of Christianity, I, 11-18; Thatcher, The Apostolic Church, 19–33.

§ CXLIX. The Expansion of Christianity after the Death of Stephen. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the effect of Stephen's martyrdom upon Jesus' followers. 2. The personality and teachings

of Philip the evangelist. 3. The results and limitations of his work among the Samaritans. 4. The basis and significance of the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch. 5. The steps which led to the establishment of Christianity at Antioch. 6. The historical origin of the term "Christian." 7. The nature of the persecution of the Christians under Herod Agrippa I. 8. Influences that transformed Peter's attitude toward the Gentiles. 9. The permanent contributions of the Palestinian Christians to Christianity.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Antioch at the middle of the first Christian century. Hastings, D. B., I, 103, 104; Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, chaps. II-VII. 2. The reign of Herod Agrippa I. Hastings, D. B., II, 359, 360; Mathews, Hist. of N. T. Times, 181-7; Schürer, Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Div. I, II, 150-165.

PAUL'S WORK AND TEACHINGS

& CL. Paul's Early Training and Conversion. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe Paul's physical and family inheritance. 2. His personal characteristics. 3. His intellectual and religious environment at Tarsus. 4. His educational opportunities at Jerusalem. 5. The motives that led him to persecute the followers of Jesus. 6. The differences and points of agreement in the four accounts of his conversion. 7. The experience that made him a devoted follower of Jesus. 8. The first fifteen years of his missionary activity. 9. His opportunities to become acquainted with the life and teachings of Jesus.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The situation and history of Tarsus. Wood, Life and Ministry of Paul, 23–30; Ramsay, Cities of St. Paul, 85-244. 2. Paul's conversion. Wood, Life and Ministry of Paul, 49-53; Bacon, Story of St. Paul, 34-67; Deissmann, St. Paul, 115-124; Gardner, Religious Experiences of St. Paul, 20–56.

& CLI. Paul's First Missionary Campaign. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Significance of Paul's year of work with the Antioch community. 2. The reasons why he and Barnabas set out on their first missionary campaign. 3. The limitations and results of their work at Cyprus. 4. Paul's reasons for going to southern Asia Minor. 5. The conditions which confronted Paul and Barnabas in Galatian Antioch. 6. Their experiences at Iconium and Lystra. 7. The results of their first campaign in Asia Minor.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The situation and strategic importance of Galatian Antioch. En. Bib., I, 184; Ramsay, Cities of

APPENDIX

St. Paul, 247–295. 2. The situation of Iconium. En. Bib., II, 2144–6; Ramsay, Cities of St. Paul, 317-382.

§ CLII. The Breaking of Jewish Bonds. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Why did the missionary campaign of Paul and Barnabas present a difficult problem to the Christian church, and what was the nature of that problem? 2. Discuss the date and significance of Paul's conference with the "pillar" apostles at Jerusalem. 3. Peter's vacillation in regard to associating with Gentile Christians. 4. The attitude of the Judaistic party in the church. 5. The proposed compromise. 6. Paul's contributions to the ultimate solution of the problem.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The chronology of Paul's life. Moffatt, Introd. to N. T., 62-64; Hastings, D. B., I, 423–5; En. Bib., I, 809–817; Deissmann, St. Paul, 235–260. 2. The charges which the Jews brought against the Christians. Case, Evolution of Christianity, 123-146; McGiffert, Apostolic Age, 192–211.

§ CLIII. Paul's Second Visit and Later Letter to the Churches of Galatia. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe Paul's immediate and ultimate objective in his second missionary campaign. 2. The communities to which the epistle to the Galatians was written. 3. Its date and aim. 4. Paul's method of presenting his convictions. 5. His estimate of the relative importance of the Jewish law and of the work of Jesus. 6. The meaning and responsibilities of Christian freedom.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The North and South Galatian theories. Moffatt, Introd. to N. T., 90-101; McGiffert, Apostolic Age, 178-181; Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller, 178-184. 2. Date of Paul's letter to the Galatians. Moffatt, Introd. to N. T., 101-6; Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller, 189–192; Lake, Earlier Epistles of St. Paul, 253–273. § CLIV. Paul's Missionary Work in Macedonia. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the probable reasons why Paul did not at once continue his work in Asia Minor. 2. The psychological antecedents and significance of his vision at Troas. 3. The conditions under which he worked at Philippi. 4. The results of his work there. 5. Conditions at Thessalonica. 6. The character of the Christian community which he there established. 7. The significance of his work in Macedonia.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The nature of Paul's visions. Weinel, St. Paul, 80-84; Cutten, Psych. Phenomena of Christianity, 60-70. 2. The situation and history of Philippi. Hastings, D. B., III, 837; En. Bib., III, 3701-3.

& CLV. Paul's Letters to the Christians at Thessalonica. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the general structure and the five distinctive divisions found in the majority of Paul's letters. 2. The characteristics and the charm of Paul's literary style. 3. The reasons why Paul wrote his first letter to the Thessalonians. 4. Its structure. 5. Its leading ideas. 6. The structure of II Thessalonians. 7. The evidence that it was written by Paul. 8. Its important teachings. SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Contemporary Greek letters. Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, 107-400. 2. Evidence for and against the authenticity of II Thessalonians. Moffatt, Introd. to N. T., 81, 82; Bacon, St. Paul, 243–251. 3. The situation and history of Thessalonica. En. Bib., IV, 5046-8; Hastings, D. B., IV, 749, 750.

§ CLVI. Paul's Work at Athens and Corinth. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Draw a general plan indicating the situation of the important public buildings at Athens when Paul visited it. 2. Describe its intellectual and religious life and Paul's attitude toward it. 3. Express in the form of a paraphrase the leading ideas in his address to the Athenian crowd. 4. The way in which it was received. 5. In what did Paul's skill as an orator consist? 6. What peculiar and difficult problems confronted Paul at Corinth? 7. What new methods did he there employ? 8. In what respects was his work at Corinth successful?

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Philosophical schools in Athens in Paul's day. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller, 238–244; Zeller, The Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics; Windelband, Hist. of Ancient Philosophy; Gomperz, Greek Thinkers, II, III. 2. The geographical and commercial importance of Corinth. Dobschütz, Life in the Primitive Church, 11-13; Frazer, Pausanias, II, 1, 2; En. Bib., I, 897–9.

§ CLVII. Paul's Correspondence with the Corinthian Church. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the intellectual and moral conditions in Corinth when Paul visited it. 2. The peculiar problems in the Christian church at Corinth. 3. The contents of Paul's first letter to the Corinthian Christians. 4. The structure and contents of his second letter: I Corinthians. 5. Paul's method of dealing with factions in the Christian church. 6. His teachings regarding personal immorality. 7. The occasion and contents of his third letter to the Corinthians. 8. The structure and leading ideas of his fourth letter. SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Paul's teachings regarding the death and resurrection of Jesus. Deissmann, St. Paul, 173-9; Weinel, St. Paul, 300-312. 2. The later history of the Corinthian

APPENDIX

church reflected in I Clement. Dobschütz, Life in the Primitive Church, 211-7; Ante-Nicene Fathers, I, 1–21.

§ CLVIII. Paul's Principles of Christian Living. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Formulate in your own words Paul's statement of a Christian's duty in case a dispute arises with a fellow Christian. 2. Describe his conception of the moral responsibilities of those who enjoyed Christian liberty. 3. Compare his teachings and those of Jesus regarding marriage and divorce. 4. Describe his practical interpretation of Jesus' law of love. 5. His teachings regarding the "Body of Christ." 6. The setting of his hymn to love in I Corinthians 13. 7. Express in the form of a paraphrase the leading ideas in this hymn. SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. A comparison of the Roman and Christian attitude toward divorce. Westermarck, Hist. of Human Marriage; Howard, Hist. of Matrimonial Institutions, I. 2. The literary charm of Paul's hymn in praise of love. Weinel, St. Paul, 137; Von Norden, Antik. Kunstprosa, II, 506.

§ CLIX. Paul's Ministry at Ephesus. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Trace on the map Paul's probable itinerary from Ephesus to Antioch. 2. Describe the situation of Ephesus. 3. Its political and religious importance. 4. Its intellectual life in Paul's day. 5. The ways in which Paul adapted his methods to local conditions. 6. The pagan opposition which he aroused. 7. The limitations and the results of his work at Ephesus.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The history of Ephesus and the results of recent excavation. En. Bib., II, 1302-5; Hastings, D. B., I, 720–4; Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus. 2. The temple of Artemis. Hastings, D. B., I, 605, 606, 724; En. Bib., I, 1098-1100.

§ CLX. Paul's Interpretation of Jesus' Saving Work. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the reasons which led Paul to write his epistle to the Romans. 2. Its structure and important divisions. 3. The practical value and limitations of the Jewish legal system. 4. What Jesus and his teaching had done for Paul. 5. The inherited ideas which shaped Paul's conception of Jesus. 6. The different figures which he employed to describe Jesus' saving work, "and their meaning. 7. The way in which Jesus, according to Paul, saves men.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The Christian church at Rome. McGiffert, Apostolic Age, 325, 328, 588-593; Dobschütz, Life in the Primitive Church, 121-3, 203, 204. 2. Paul's theology. Deissmann, St. Paul, 143–192; Ropes, Apostolic Age, 134-168; Wrede, Paul, 84-119; Weinel, St. Paul, 286–352.