THMN1107 Christian Worship
Running in 2013-14 at Lindisfarne.
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Level
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1
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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• To enable students to acquire a knowledge of the history of Christian worship.
• To consider theological and pastoral approaches to aspects of worship.
• To encourage students to become sensitive and well-informed planners and leaders of worship.
• To enable students to make informed judgements on liturgical matters.
• To develop an understanding of worship in the student's own tradition and in other Christian traditions.
• To enable students to participate in liturgical development and revision in their own churches.
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• demonstrate an understanding of a variety of issues in Christian
worship;
• comment on the history and significance of certain types of worship;
• relate issues in worship to wider theological and pastoral concerns.
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Content
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• What is worship?
• Biblical perspectives on worship
• The relationship of worship to mission, pastoral care and theology,
with particular reference to marriage rites and funerals
• Liturgical inculturation
• All Age Worship
• Outline history of the development of Christian worship, with reference
to church buildings
• Liturgy and Time: Daily Office and Times and Seasons
• Non-eucharistic Sunday worship: the Preaching Service and the Service
of the Word
• The place and role of music, hymns & songs
• Overview of baptism and the eucharist
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Indicative bibliography
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Bradshaw, Paul, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship (London: SPCK, 2nd edn., 2002).
Chupungco, Anscar (ed.), Handbook for Liturgical Studies, volumes 1 and 2 (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997).
Hurtado, Larry, At the Origins of Christian Worship (Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1999).
Jackson, Pamela, An Abundance of Graces (London: Hillenbrand, 2007).
Mitchell, Nathan D., Meeting Mystery (New York: Orbis, 2006).
Wainwright, Geoffrey (ed.), The Oxford History of Christian Worship (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).
White, Susan, The Spirit of Worship (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1999).
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Teaching methods
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14 hours contact time including lectures & seminars
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Formative assessment
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In-class exercise
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Summative assessment
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1 x 2500 word essay
| THMN1117 New Testament Greek
Running in 2013-14 at St John’s.
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Level
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1
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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To provide an introduction to the language of Hellenistic Greek and to the Greek New Testament and to encourage thereby an enhanced understanding of the text of the New Testament.
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the course the student will be able to:
• Use the resources, tools and commentaries of New Testament
specialists.
• Demonstrate a grasp of the issues involved in different translations
• Show a competent working knowledge of the grammar, syntax and
vocabulary of the language
• Translate passages from the Greek New Testament
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Content
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A study of grammar, syntax and vocabulary of the New Testament
A study of chapters 1-4 of Mark's gospel in Greek
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Indicative bibliography
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Duff, J., The Elements of New Testament Greek (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3rd edn., 2005)
Also available, either with it or separately: an audio-CD pack (by J. Duff & J. Pennington)
Note that ministerial students taking this module are provided with a free Greek NT by the British and Foreign Bible Society
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Teaching methods
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Lectures and class workshops. The contact time will be of the order of 40 hours due to the nature of learning a language.
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Formative assessment
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Various classroom tests throughout module
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Summative assessment
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Course work (40%) and 90-minute unseen paper (60%).
| THMN1127 Biblical Hebrew
Running in 2013-14 at St John’s if required.
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Level
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1
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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To enable students to reach a reasonable competence in biblical Hebrew and to read selections from narrative and poetic texts.
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the course the student will be able to:
• Identify and make basic use of key resources, tools and commentaries for Old Testament study.
• Demonstrate a grasp of the issues involved in different translations
• Show a competent working knowledge of the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of the language.
• Translate texts from selected passages in the Old Testament
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Content
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• Introduction to Hebrew Grammar, using a recommended text
book, supplemented by class handouts.
• Reading of selected Hebrew texts from the Old Testament.
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Indicative bibliography
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Berlin, A. et al (eds.), The Jewish Study Bible (Oxford: OUP, 2003)
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (eds. K. Elliger & W. Rudolph; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, revised 1997)
Dobson, J.H., Learn Biblical Hebrew - 2nd Edition, with Audio CD-Rom (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2nd edn., 2005).
Pratico, G.D. and M.V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar (2nd edition, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007) - recommended textbook for 2013-14
Weingreen, J., A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2nd edn., 1959).
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Teaching methods
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Lectures and class workshops. The contact time will be of the order of 40 hours due to the nature of learning a language.
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Formative assessment
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Various classroom tests throughout module
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Summative assessment
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Course work (40%) and 90-minute unseen paper (60%).
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