A study of the structure, message and uniqueness of the Gospel of Mark that is intended to help students interact with the literary genre called “gospel” and to grasp the contemporary meaning and theological themes of the Markan Gospel. Prerequisites: BSTH 101, 102, 201. BSTH 332 (3) Luke and Acts Study of the life of Jesus and the beginning of the early church as told in Luke and Acts. Either Luke or Acts will function as the primary focus of the course. Attention will be on the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of the narratives, Luke’s theology, and the relationship of the two texts in the reception of the early church. Prerequisites: BSTH 101, 102, 201.