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Postgraduate Course: The New Testament in Its Graeco-Roman Context (BIST11018)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course situates the New Testament in its Graeco-Roman historical, political, literary, and cultural contexts and seeks to identify instances of influence and interaction.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesThis is a graduate-level course. Please confirm subject prerequisites with the Course Manager.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the successful completion of this course, students will:
- have gained a thorough knowledge of the history, literature, religion, culture, society, politics, environment, and thought-world in which the New Testament came into being;
- have gained a mastery over selected New Testament texts in relation to their Graeco-Roman background;
- have gained specific knowledge of selected Greek and Latin primary sources;
- be able to critically approach the New Testament texts through interaction with ancient primary sources in their original language;
- be able to interact with and apply the breadth of secondary literature in the discipline of biblical and classical studies;
- be able to render critical judgments on modern scholarship;
- be able to provide a sophisticated account (in both oral and written forms) of pertinent issues in New Testament studies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNew Testament, Greek Literature, Latin Literature, Paul, Gospels, Acts
Contacts
Course organiserDr Matthew Novenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8942
Email: matthew.novenson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: J.Hendry@ed.ac.uk
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