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This course will engage and evaluate emerging developments within cutting edge research on the Hebrew Bible and its larger ancient eastern Mediterranean context(s). The course will focus on matters language, text, and material culture as they inform study and understanding of the biblical text.
| 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 evaluate recent and ongoing developments within cutting edge research on the Hebrew Bible and its larger ancient eastern Mediterranean context(s). These developments range from data driven analysis to the consideration of emergent theoretical models. It will look at topics which are currently of particular importance in this field: these topics include, but are not limited to, the history of ancient Israel and historical methods utilized to draw conclusions about that history; social scientific approaches to Old Testament research; and biblical interpretation in ancient Israel and Pentateuch Studies. Its chronological scope will range from ca. 1200 BCE – 70 CE while keeping matters of reception history during the first several centuries CE in view.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Indicative assessment week: week 11 of teaching. Feedback in week 13 |
Word Count | 3500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop transferrable critical reading and analytical skills by way of targeted studies on data from the ancient world |
| Conceptual | Apply | Engage a variety of critical methods—especially historical anthropological approaches—used in the study of ancient Israel and in biblical interpretation. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the role played by archaeological endeavours and material culture remains in both contextually conditioned and theoretically envisioned capacities. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Become familiar with postmodern critiques of ancient Israelite historiography and develop critical perspectives on the historicity of the Bible |
| Conceptual | Understand | understand the role played by ideology in historical writing & contemporary scholarship, and how the growth of literacy and the role of writing in ancient Israel contributed to its culture & religion |
| Factual | Understand | Develop working knowledge of the sequence of principal events in ancient Israelite history—especially during the Iron Age [ca. 1200–586BCE]—and how archaeological research informs those conclusions |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Online exam on MyAberdeen will be open for ONE WEEK with no finite time limit during that week. Indicative assessment week: week 12 of teaching, with feedback in week 13 |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop transferrable critical reading and analytical skills by way of targeted studies on data from the ancient world |
| Conceptual | Apply | Engage a variety of critical methods—especially historical anthropological approaches—used in the study of ancient Israel and in biblical interpretation. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the role played by archaeological endeavours and material culture remains in both contextually conditioned and theoretically envisioned capacities. |
| Conceptual | Understand | understand the role played by ideology in historical writing & contemporary scholarship, and how the growth of literacy and the role of writing in ancient Israel contributed to its culture & religion |
| Conceptual | Understand | Become familiar with postmodern critiques of ancient Israelite historiography and develop critical perspectives on the historicity of the Bible |
| Factual | Understand | Develop working knowledge of the sequence of principal events in ancient Israelite history—especially during the Iron Age [ca. 1200–586BCE]—and how archaeological research informs those conclusions |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Online students will be required to engage weekly discussion boards in the online course environment (Blackboard) both by making substantive responses to weekly prompts and by responding to class colleagues in collegial, collaborative, and thoughtful discussion. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop transferrable critical reading and analytical skills by way of targeted studies on data from the ancient world |
| Conceptual | Apply | Engage a variety of critical methods—especially historical anthropological approaches—used in the study of ancient Israel and in biblical interpretation. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the role played by archaeological endeavours and material culture remains in both contextually conditioned and theoretically envisioned capacities. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Become familiar with postmodern critiques of ancient Israelite historiography and develop critical perspectives on the historicity of the Bible |
| Conceptual | Understand | understand the role played by ideology in historical writing & contemporary scholarship, and how the growth of literacy and the role of writing in ancient Israel contributed to its culture & religion |
| Factual | Understand | Develop working knowledge of the sequence of principal events in ancient Israelite history—especially during the Iron Age [ca. 1200–586BCE]—and how archaeological research informs those conclusions |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Students will prepare and submit an annotated bibliography of at least 10 scholarly resources that they will integrate into their essays. This formative assessment will be a component of the essay. Assessment in week 4 of teaching; feedback in week 6. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop transferrable critical reading and analytical skills by way of targeted studies on data from the ancient world |
| Conceptual | Apply | Engage a variety of critical methods—especially historical anthropological approaches—used in the study of ancient Israel and in biblical interpretation. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the role played by archaeological endeavours and material culture remains in both contextually conditioned and theoretically envisioned capacities. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Become familiar with postmodern critiques of ancient Israelite historiography and develop critical perspectives on the historicity of the Bible |
| Conceptual | Understand | understand the role played by ideology in historical writing & contemporary scholarship, and how the growth of literacy and the role of writing in ancient Israel contributed to its culture & religion |
| Factual | Understand | Develop working knowledge of the sequence of principal events in ancient Israelite history—especially during the Iron Age [ca. 1200–586BCE]—and how archaeological research informs those conclusions |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual supervisors may select from one of the following two options for assessment: |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Understand | Develop working knowledge of the sequence of principal events in ancient Israelite history—especially during the Iron Age [ca. 1200–586BCE]—and how archaeological research informs those conclusions |
| Conceptual | Apply | Engage a variety of critical methods—especially historical anthropological approaches—used in the study of ancient Israel and in biblical interpretation. |
| Conceptual | Understand | understand the role played by ideology in historical writing & contemporary scholarship, and how the growth of literacy and the role of writing in ancient Israel contributed to its culture & religion |
| Conceptual | Understand | Become familiar with postmodern critiques of ancient Israelite historiography and develop critical perspectives on the historicity of the Bible |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the role played by archaeological endeavours and material culture remains in both contextually conditioned and theoretically envisioned capacities. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop transferrable critical reading and analytical skills by way of targeted studies on data from the ancient world |
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