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TMMC3177: Advanced New Testament Greek

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Type Open
Level 3
Credits 10
Availability Available in 2024/2025
Module Cap None.
Location Durham
Department Theology, Ministry and Mission

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations 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

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures81.75 hours16 
Personal Study84 
Total100 

Summative Assessment

Component: EssayComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Essay2500 words100 

Formative Assessment

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