Module TMMC3237: Further New Testament Studies

Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission

TMMC3237: Further New Testament Studies

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• TMMC3011 Further Biblical Studies

Aims

• To enable students to explore in depth some New Testament texts or themes within the context of contemporary scholarship and of the Bible as a whole.
• To enable students to examine the ways in which selected New Testament text(s) or themes can be used to address contemporary situations.
• To illustrate ways in which New Testament themes or texts can be communicated.

Content

• Exploration of text(s) or theme(s) from the New Testament, including within the context of the Bible as a whole.
• Examination of selected text(s) and theme(s) in greater detail and how they can be used to address contemporary situations.
• Consideration of ways in which the New Testament text(s) / theme(s) can be communicated appropriately in a range of contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe and analyse in detail specific themes or texts within the New Testament, interpret them within their context, and make confident and critical use of them in contemporary contexts, with reference to recent research methodologies and findings and the questions raised by them.

• Evaluate and apply different approaches to interpreting the selected New Testament themes or texts through the critical employment of exegetical processes.
• Relate New Testament themes or texts and the questions raised by them to a variety of contemporary issues and audiences, communicating these with relevance, rigour, creativity and sensitivity.

• dentify, gather, analyse and evaluate textual source materials, including material from primary sources and scholarly research, for a range of purposes, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness using a variety of media to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• 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, to specialist audiences.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lectures provide content, a conceptual framework and a survey of approaches within a subject area that enable students to locate their learning in a wider context, to make connections with other disciplines, and to evaluate and apply their learning to different contexts.
• The module will be assessed by two written assignments.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.