Women in the New Testament (New Testament Seminar)

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NT204 unit
code

study modemix-mode

area of studyBible and Languages

12 credit
points

7, 8, 9 AQF
level

0.125 EFT

C Category
advanced

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Unit Overview

This unit aims to introduce students to significant female characters, stories about women, and teaching about women in the New Testament. It will familiarise students with life for women in the early Christian world; investigate relevant cultural and historical backgrounds; examine Jesus’ interactions with women; survey the role of women in the earliest Christian communities; and tackle some of the disputed texts about women’s roles in the home and in the church.

The unit will study relevant portions of the New Testament and their original context. It will also be geared toward understanding the meaning of the texts for Christian life and ministry today.

Topics covered:

Backgrounds: Women in the first century Jewish and Greco-Roman Worlds; Ephesus and the Artemis Cult
Teaching on Women in the Letters of Paul, including disputed texts
Paul’s co-workers – Women in the first Christian communities
Women in the ministry of Jesus (with a focus on the Gospel of John, and Luke-Acts)
History and Hermeneutics
A biblical theology of men and women under God

Additional level 9 information can be found in ‘Things to Note‘ below.

Unit Content

The unit is taught, conducted as a seminar involving class discussion as well as lectures and individual reading. The unit is not an individual research topic. It is strongly recommended that the unit include set reading of approximately 15 chapters of Greek or 25 chapters of English New Testament texts.

Candidates must demonstrate a thorough grasp of the New Testament issues involved
Assessment should be designed to encourage exploration of the personal and pastoral implications of New Testament perspectives discerned in candidates’ learning

Unit Details

Other Mode:

This unit is co-taught by Lynn Cohick, Hannah Craven, and Scott Harrower, and is offered as an on-campus intensive 9-13 February 2026.

Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Study Expectations

This unit expects 150 hours of work from you in total, or around 10-12 hours each week over the semester. This volume of learning includes working through the learning materials and required learning tasks, additional reading and self-directed study, and working on assessment items, and for online units this includes participation in any online forums.

Things to Note

This unit is also available as a Category C (advanced) capstone unit NT205-912: Women in the New Testament Capstone.

Prerequisites

Level 7: 24cps New Testament
Level 8: 24cps New Testament
Level 9: 48cps level 8 units; 12cps from units in Old Testament or New Testament with a unit code of OT004 or higher code or NT004 or higher code, or study deemed equivalent by the AUT Registrar to appropriately prepare students for undertaking the unit.

Corequisites

Level 7: 96cps of study, including 36cps at level 6

Women in the New Testament (New Testament Seminar)

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