New Testament Era

New Testament Era

History

Literature

Arts

Demonstrate an understanding of the New Testament on the history, government, laws, and religion of various cultures.

Demonstrate an understanding of the characters, narratives, poetry, and stories in the New Testament, and explain how they are used in literature.

Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of the New Testament on the visual and performing arts.

Contextualize the historical and geographical developments of the New Testament, including its origin, methods and tools of writing, and the means by which it has been preserved.

Analyze continuities and changes in the translations of biblical texts over time.

Create a comparative analysis of New Testament cultures, including Roman, Greek, and Hebrew.

Create a narrative analyzing the rise and growth of Christianity including patterns of expansion across continents, the effects of diffusion on religious beliefs and traditions, and the influence of Christianity on culture and politics.

Identify, source, and utilize different forms of evidence (including primary and secondary sources) to investigate and explain biblical traditions and their influences on contemporary cultures including customs, government, history, law, morals, and values.

Analyze the influence of biblical texts on the development of the English language.

Analyze and critique how the author uses structures such as letters, poems, songs, and speeches in biblical texts to shape meaning and impact the reader.

Analyze and provide evidence of how the author’s choice of point of view, perspective, and purpose shape content, meaning, and style within the New Testament.

Analyze how complex text structures in biblical texts contribute to the development of plot, setting, or theme.

Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events, and explain how specific characters, events, or ideas develop and interact within biblical text.

Explain the influence of the New Testament in classic and contemporary drama, poetry, prose, and other media.

Analyze the artistic presentation of the New Testament through creative dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, and writing from various cultural and historical perspectives.

Interpret ideas, subject matter, symbols, and themes found in creative dance, music theater, the visual arts, and writing derived from the New Testament.

Explain the design, function, and significance of architecture and religious artifacts found in places of worship such as cathedrals, churches, synagogues, tabernacles, and temples.

Create a response to biblical texts through a variety of methods such as creative dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, and writing.