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DR301N: NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:32


Course Overview

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.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Tomas Bokedal

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

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


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: One essay, 2,500 words (40%); 1 two-hour exam (60%).

Admission to the exam depends on the submission of all coursework and each item's assessment at CAS 6 or above.
Resit: 1 two-hour exam (100%).
Admission to the exam depends on the submission of all coursework and each item's assessment at CAS 6 or above.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Feedback on oral presentation, written essay and final exam.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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