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From both Jewish and Christian theological perspectives, the Old Testament can be viewed as a record of human and divine interventions into matters of fundamental conceptual importance. How do we see the world as God’s creation? What does it mean to confess and worship the One? How do we imagine God? What is justice and what is love – both human and divine? Familiarized with relevant contexts, in this course you will explore such questions in their timelessness.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Set in the broad context of Biblical Studies, this course explores the Old Testament as a part of both the Jewish and the Christian biblical canons. It focuses on fundamental conceptual questions that the OT poses and that remain focal points of Jewish and Christian theology. Among such major themes are monotheism, sacrificial worship, iconophobia, creation, justice, love human and divine. These will be discussed in their multifaceted contexts, whose understanding require looking into data provided by auxiliary disciplines such as history, archaeology, art history, culture studies, or social sciences. The discussion will be carried out in dialogue with other theological disciplines such as systematics or ethics.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
6,000-word essay, to be submitted in week 13 of teaching. Feedback: written comments on the paper, discussion if required or helpful. |
Word Count | 6000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | The student is able to determine major conceptual themes reflected in texts of the Old Testament. |
| Procedural | Analyse | The student is able to integrate major scholarly disciplines within and outwith Theology in analysing the Old Testament text. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The student is able to reflect on major themes of Christian theology through the prism of the Old Testament. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
5,000-word research essay. Feedback: written comments on the paper, discussion if required or helpful. |
Word Count | 5000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Analyse | The student is able to integrate major scholarly disciplines within and outwith Theology in analysing the Old Testament text. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The student is able to determine major conceptual themes reflected in texts of the Old Testament. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The student is able to reflect on major themes of Christian theology through the prism of the Old Testament. |
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