Aims
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This module aims to provide Level Three students with:
1. a critical engagement with hermeneutical thinking in biblical
interpretation;
2. a critical analysis of the interaction between a doctrine of scripture
and the practices of biblical interpretation;
3. detailed case studies exploring exegetical and hermeneutical
questions with regard to selected biblical passages (both OT and NT);
4. a forum for interdisciplinary and integrative exploration of questions
concerning the role of scripture within Christian ministry, including
perspectives from a variety of traditions, and a variety of historical
periods.
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. engage critically and self-reflectively in the disciplines of biblical
exegesis;
2. engage with theological and hermeneutical awareness in an analysis
of the role(s) of Christian scripture in the church’s life;
3. deploy appropriately, and with suitable critical interaction, the
resources of church tradition and academic tradition in their use of
Christian scripture in ministry
4. deploy appropriate evaluative criteria in their handling of Christian
scripture in ministry.
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Content
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The areas to be covered by the syllabus will normally be:
• Biblical exegesis - as a discipline, and in practice
• The Bible as Christian scripture - the doctrine of scripture ; canon & authority
• Two testaments, one Bible - the concerns of ‘biblical theology’
• Current issues in biblical and theological hermeneutics
• The nature of confessional interpretation in the context of contemporary biblical studies
• Case studies in the history of interpretation and its significance
• Case studies in the role of scripture in Christian ministry - to be selected from a list of possible topics
• The teaching and preaching of scripture today - hermeneutical perspectives from the disciplines of biblical studies
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Indicative bibliography
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Adam, A.K.M. et al, Reading Scripture with the Church. Toward a Hermeneutic for Theological Interpretation (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006).
Ballard, Paul & Stephen R. Holmes (eds.), The Bible in Pastoral Practice. Readings in the Place and Function of Scripture in the Church (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005).
Barton, John, The Nature of Biblical Criticism (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007).
Brown, William P. (ed.), Character & Scripture: Moral Formation, Community, and Biblical Interpretation (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002).
Brueggemann, Walter, The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005).
Childs, Brevard S., Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (London: SCM, 1992).
Davis, Ellen F. & Richard B. Hays (ed.), The Art of Reading Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).
Ford, David F. & Graham Stanton (eds.), Reading Texts, Seeking Wisdom: Scripture and Theology (London: SCM, 2003).
Gaventa, Beverly Roberts and Richard B. Hays (eds.), Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
Moberly, R.W.L., The Bible, Theology, and Faith (Cambridge: CUP, 2000).
Thompson, John L., Reading the Bible with the Dead (Grand Rapids, MI & Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2007).
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., et al (eds.), Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic & London: SPCK, 2005).
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