Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025
Module TMMC3177: Advanced New Testament Greek
Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission
TMMC3177: Advanced New Testament Greek
| Type | Open | Level | 3 | Credits | 10 | Availability | Available in 2024/2025 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None
Aims
- To develop in students an advanced understanding of New Testament Greek and its grammar.
- To foster the ability to use linguistic skills independently in analysis of New Testament texts.
Content
- An engagement with the advanced Greek lexicons and grammars (e.g. BDAG; F.W. Blass, A. Debrunner and R.W. Funk).
- A linguistic and exegetical engagement with one or two New Testament texts that raise complex linguistic issues (e.g. James; 1 Peter).
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- [BA SSK 1, 4] [Graduate Cert / Dip SSK 2]
- Show systematic and detailed knowledge of lexical and grammatical aspects of New Testament Greek.
- Engage critically with key concepts and processes of inquiry used in advanced scholarship in discussion of New Testament texts in Greek.
Subject-specific Skills:
- [BA SSS 1]
- Apply advanced knowledge of New Testament Greek in making sophisticated judgements on matters of translation and of exegesis.
Key Skills:
- [BA KS 1, 2] [Graduate Cert / Dip KS 1, 2]
- Identify, gather, analyse and evaluate textual source materials, including material from primary sources and scholarly research, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness.
- Critically evaluate ideas, arguments and assumptions, using them to construct and communicate coherent and well-reasoned arguments, showing critical awareness of their own and others’ beliefs, commitments and prejudices.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures and Personal Study
- Summatively assessed essay
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 8 | 1.75 hours | 16 | ||
| Personal Study | 84 | ||||
| Total | 100 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Essay | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Essay | 2500 words | 100% | |
Formative Assessment:
■ 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