Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Give an overview of the structure and content of the Old and New Testaments

• Appreciate better the historical and cultural background of the Old and New Testaments

• Recognise the differing styles of literature in the Old and New Testaments and appreciate their relevance for biblical interpretation

• Recognise the different biblical theologies in the Old and New Testaments

• Explain the relationship between the Old and New Testaments

Unit Content

Old Testament: the Pentateuch, including the primeval prologue, patriarchal history, the exodus, the Mosaic covenant; the Deuteronomic history, including the history of the judges and kings, the united monarchy and the divided kingdom; the Festival Scrolls (Megilloth); the Psalms; the Wisdom literature; the Prophets (preexilic, exilic and post-exilic).

New Testament: the historical, cultural and literary background of the New Testament; the Synoptic, Pauline and Johannine traditions, the Acts narrative and the General epistles

Teaching Strategies

Teaching strategies include: lectures and tutorials; weekend schools; class discussions; presentation of instructional material in the form of printed documentation, DVD, video and audio tape and on-line interaction. This module is also available in flexible learning format.

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Unit offerings

External/Online, Online: Semester 1, 2013; Semester 2, 2013; Semester 1, 2014; Semester 2, 2014; Semester 1, 2015; Semester 2, 2015; Semester 1, 2016, and Semester 2, 2016
Weekly, Face to face: Semester 1, 2013; Semester 1, 2014; Semester 1, 2015, and Semester 1, 2016

Please note

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.