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The New Testament includes 27 different works, by a number of different authors, produced over a significant time-span (less than a century). To what extent are these disparate or complementary voices? This course firstly introduces the academic discipline of New Testament Theology – its history, tasks, methods and problems – and then explores a number of New Testament texts, addressing questions of similarity, difference and development within their theology/ies. This will include particular study of one or more key theological themes (e.g. christology, pneumatology, eschatology, soteriology), by means of close study of selected New Testament texts.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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The course offers an overview of attempts, from the nineteenth century to the present, to synthesize the theology of the New Testament. In addition to engaging major figures such as Wrede, Bultmann, Caird and Matera, students will investigate core material questions, including the canonicity and theological consistency of the New Testament. The course will offer a survey of different contemporary approaches to New Testament Theology and do experimental probes into various areas and aspects of the New Testament. Challenges to the discipline and defences of it will be scrutinized and a positive approach developed
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: One essay, 2,500 words (40%); 1 two-hour exam (60%).
There are no assessments for this course.
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