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Postgraduate Course: The Bible, Literature and Hermeneutics (BIST11015)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaBiblical Studies Other subject areaTheology and Ethics
Course website http://www.div.ed.ac.uk Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will explore the cross-over areas of interest in the fields of biblical and literary studies. Issues arising from a consideration of the Bible IN literature and of reading the Bible AS literature will be discussed. The course will begin with a brief survey of literary approaches to the Bible and of the Bible's influence in literary texts. Then, through readings of specific literary and biblical texts, the interplay between the Bible and literature will be explored. Readings from different critical perspectives will be offered, including those of intertextuality, reader-response, feminism and postmodernism.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Reading the Bible and Literature (BIST10038)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students should:
* have a detailed knowledge of selected literary and biblical texts and of critical ways these texts have been read;
* be aware of current issues in biblical studies regarding the hermeneutics of reading the Bible as literature, and be able to assess the influence of literary studies on the discipline;
* be able to reflect critically on the influence of the Bible in the field of English and Scottish Literature, and offer their own readings of the implications of that influence.
Assessment Information
A book review (20%);
A presentation given in class (10%);
An essay of 3000 (70%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsBible, literature, hermeneutics, interpretation.
Contacts
Course organiserDr Alison Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 8944
Email: A.Jack@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: J.Hendry@ed.ac.uk
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