Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2023-2024 (archived)
Module THEO43630: The Bible and Hermeneutics
Department: Theology and Religion
THEO43630: The Bible and Hermeneutics
Type | Open | Level | 4 | Credits | 30 | Availability | Not available in 2023/24 | Module Cap | None. |
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Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None
Aims
- To introduce the main issues of contemporary debate about biblical interpretation in relation to contemporary work in hermeneutics;
- To illustrate the fresh conceptual resources and possibilities for biblical interpretation that have become available through work in hermeneutics;
- To survey and evaluate interpretations of a selected, paradigmatic biblical text that raises major hermeneutical issues.
Content
- The module is in three sections, corresponding to the aims of the course. The first situates the approaches to be considered within broader modern and postmodern concerns, the second considers some specific resources for reformulating interpretative possibilities, the third analyzes various readings of a selected biblical text or texts. All three will involve extensive reading and reflection upon relevant literature, with seminar discussions.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Students should possess technical knowledge of the academic style appropriate to the discipline of Biblical Studies.
- Students should have critical awareness and appreciation of the range of approaches used in research in the discipline of Biblical Studies.
- Students should have detailed knowledge of the text or texts selected for study.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Students should be able to discriminate between and evaluate the appropriateness of a range of interpretative approaches in relation to specific biblical passages.
- Students should possess advanced ability to comprehend and assess complex debates relating to scholarly issues within Biblical Studies.
Key Skills:
- Students will have well-developed powers of intellectual discrimination and judgement.
- Students will be able to communicate clearly, precisely and coherently in written expression.
- Students will develop their abilities in close reading of texts, both biblical and scholarly, and in critical reflection and comment on them
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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Seminars | 19 | weekly | 2 hours | 38 | |
Preparation and reading | 262 | ||||
Total | 300 |
Summative Assessment
Component: Essay | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
Essay | 5,000 words | 100% |
Formative Assessment:
One 5,000 word essay
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University