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Undergraduate Course: New Testament Themes (BIST10044)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaBiblical Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionFocused study of one or more important religious ideas/theological themes in selected New Testament texts.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( New Testament 2 (BIST08005) OR Reading the New Testament (BIST08016)) OR ( New Testament Greek 2 (BIST08001) OR Intermediate New Testament Greek (BIST08018)) OR Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008) AND ( Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions (REST08007) OR Religion in Society: Community, People and Mind (REST08012)) OR God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume (THET08010) AND ( Systematic Theology 2Bh: Dogmatic Theology (THET08001) OR Christian Theology: Doctrines and Debates (THET08017))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesBy permission of the Course Manager
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 170 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have acquired:
- transferable skills in exegeting the text of New Testament epistles;
- knowledge of the specific critical issues that surround 1 and 2 Thessalonians;
- awareness of major text critical problems.
Assessment Information
20% Weekly class preparation sheets
20% 2000 word Essay
60% 2 hour Degree Exam
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsNTTh
Contacts
Course organiserDr Paul Foster
Tel: (0131 6)50 8917
Email: Paul.Foster@ed.ac.uk		 Course secretaryMs Paula Kruyff
Tel: (0131 6)5
Email: Paula.Kruyff@ed.ac.uk
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