Undergraduate Course: New Testament Christology (BIST10045)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A topical study of theological perspectives on Jesus attested in the earliest Christian texts, with some attention to Jewish precedents and later Christian developments, covering questions such as: Why was Jesus identified by his followers as the Jewish messiah? Where did the idea of an antichrist come from? How did Jesus come to be thought of as God? |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Jesus and the Gospels (BIST08021) OR
Paul and His Letters (BIST08022)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students, without the necessary pre-requisites, may contact the Course Manager to request permission. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have:
- an understanding of the range of earliest Christian theological perspectives on Jesus;
- familiarity with the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of New Testament Christology;
- familiarity with post-apostolic developments in early Christian Christology;
- skill in interpretation of New Testament texts;
- skill in critical evaluation of secondary literature in the discipline;
- skill in critical thinking, construction of an argument, and prose composition;
- a demonstrable ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
- demonstrable good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Capacity to modify, suspend or otherwise change position when warranted
- Analytical ability and the capacity to formulate questions and solve problems
- Writing skills, including clear expression and citing relevant evidence
- Ability to engage critically with the meaning of documents and recognise that meanings may be multiple
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Matthew Novenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8942
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Course secretary | Mr Jamie Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 8913
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