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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
Not being delivered
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;
- a demonstrable ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
- demonstrable good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
Assessment Information
20% Weekly class preparation sheets
20% 2000 word Essay
60% 2 hour Degree Exam
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
KeywordsNTTh
Contacts
Course organiserDr Paul Foster
Tel: (0131 6)50 8917
Email: Paul.Foster@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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