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The letters of the New Testament (texts after the Gospels and Acts in the canon) have exercised significant influence over Christian theology. However, much scholarship would question whether they have been interpreted correctly. Significant developments in our understanding of Judaism in the early Common Era and of the socio-cultural realities of the wider Mediterranean world have led to the emergence of new readings of these texts and have demanded fresh accounts of Christian origins. This course will involve exploration and critique of these some of these new approaches.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will examine in detail the theologies of the letters of the New Testament (for example, the Pauline epistles) by means of a careful reading of the texts themselves. These letters constitute some of the earliest works of Christian writing and have exercised enormous influence over the development of Christian theology through the centuries. Since the end of the Second World War, there have been significant developments in our understanding of Judaism in the early Common Era and of the socio-cultural realities of the wider Mediterranean world. These have led to the emergence of new readings of New Testament letters and have demanded fresh accounts of Christian origins. This course will involve exploration and critique of some of these new approaches to the interpretation of New Testament letters, but always in relation to the content of the biblical texts themselves. Central to the New Testament letters’ far-reaching and radical theologies are their particular identifications of Jesus, which shape their distinctive ways of speaking about God and salvation.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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Critical book review. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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Free choice. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 4000 | ||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Create | An ability to identify areas of future research in the New Testament letters. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Detailed knowledge of the issues of context and background usually held to be necessary to a responsible reading of New Testament letters. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the different interpretations of New Testament Letters. |
| Factual | Remember | Detailed knowledge of the content of selected New Testament letters. |
| Procedural | Apply | A high level of competency in the complex interpretative skills required for the analysis of New Testament letters. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Detailed knowledge of the various scholarly interpretations of New Testament letters and their methodological dimensions. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding and practical knowledge of the questions that bear on how New Testament letters are to be read in relation to other early Christian writings. |
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