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This course will engage a significant area of debate in New Testament Studies by means of close and sustained evaluation of a particular work, or by a thematically arranged series of discussions. This will allow students to develop awareness of the major questions currently dominating the discipline and their backdrop in scholarship, thus helping students to identify ongoing challenges and prospects for future inquiry. The topic under consideration will vary in each delivery of the course.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will engage a significant area of debate in New Testament Studies by means of close and sustained evaluation of a particular work, or by a thematically arranged series of discussions. The course will contextualize the scholarly debate in relation to relevant socio-historical backgrounds that have given rise to particular approaches and will evaluate the currents or developments within New Testament scholarship themselves. It will also examine, where pertinent, the influence of one scholarly trajectory on other areas of development in New Testament studies. The course will therefore allow students to develop an awareness of the major questions currently dominating the discipline of New Testament Studies and their backdrop in the history of the discipline, as well as helping students to identify ongoing challenges and prospects for future research. The particular topic(s) under consideration will vary in each delivery of the course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Written feedback |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Create | An advanced ability to communicate one’s own position in relation to the debate and to argue its merit in relation to alternatives. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | An emergent, informed position on the debate(s) in question, shaped by a detailed grasp of the relevant data and the theoretical accounts in which these data are interpreted. |
| Conceptual | Understand | A knowledge of significant debates in the field of New Testament studies, the background to these, the material data, the current theoretical developments, and the representatives of various positions |
| Conceptual | Understand | An understanding of the methodological principles involved in the evaluation of contemporary debates and how these have resulted in divergent positions. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An ability to analyse the various representative arguments and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Procedural | Create | Advanced, subject-specific research-writing skills, through designing of essay topic; locating relevant primary & secondary literature; writing an essay that accords with discipline expectations |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 1000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Create | An advanced ability to communicate one’s own position in relation to the debate and to argue its merit in relation to alternatives. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | An emergent, informed position on the debate(s) in question, shaped by a detailed grasp of the relevant data and the theoretical accounts in which these data are interpreted. |
| Conceptual | Understand | A knowledge of significant debates in the field of New Testament studies, the background to these, the material data, the current theoretical developments, and the representatives of various positions |
| Procedural | Analyse | An ability to analyse the various representative arguments and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Procedural | Create | Advanced, subject-specific research-writing skills, through designing of essay topic; locating relevant primary & secondary literature; writing an essay that accords with discipline expectations |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Reflective Report (comprising about 10-11 weekly reflections of about 200 words each). Feedback will take two forms. First, because journal entries will often the seminar discussion, that discussion will include consideration of students' reactions and questions. Second, formal written feedback will be supplied after the entire journal is submitted. Due at end of term, with possible supportive checks throughout at discretion of coordinator. Relevant dates will be announced with publication of course guide. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Create | An advanced ability to communicate one’s own position in relation to the debate and to argue its merit in relation to alternatives. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | An emergent, informed position on the debate(s) in question, shaped by a detailed grasp of the relevant data and the theoretical accounts in which these data are interpreted. |
| Conceptual | Understand | A knowledge of significant debates in the field of New Testament studies, the background to these, the material data, the current theoretical developments, and the representatives of various positions |
| Procedural | Analyse | An ability to analyse the various representative arguments and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Create | Advanced, subject-specific research-writing skills, through designing of essay topic; locating relevant primary & secondary literature; writing an essay that accords with discipline expectations |
| Conceptual | Understand | An understanding of the methodological principles involved in the evaluation of contemporary debates and how these have resulted in divergent positions. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | An emergent, informed position on the debate(s) in question, shaped by a detailed grasp of the relevant data and the theoretical accounts in which these data are interpreted. |
| Conceptual | Understand | A knowledge of significant debates in the field of New Testament studies, the background to these, the material data, the current theoretical developments, and the representatives of various positions |
| Conceptual | Create | An advanced ability to communicate one’s own position in relation to the debate and to argue its merit in relation to alternatives. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An ability to analyse the various representative arguments and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
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