Unit name | Luke-Acts (Trinity and Baptist College) |
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Unit code | THRS20094 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. D'Costa |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
B11002 Getting into the New Testament B11003 Reading the Bible in its context and ours |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
College Unit Director: David Wenham
This unit concentrates on a restricted range of texts and themes in the context of an overview of the whole two volume work. The focus is predominantly on Luke’s theology and meaning, but with some attention being given to historical and source-critical questions. The treatment of texts seeks to introduce the student to the range of scholarly opinion that exists and to demonstrate the need for detailed textual analysis. The treatment of themes seeks to encourage a reading of the Gospel as a unified whole. The unit aims to 1. enable students to begin to understand and interpret Luke’s two volume work 2. focus on key themes and selected texts 3. introduce a range of critical ideas and approaches.
On completion of the unit students should have:
major critical, historical and hermeneutical issues raised by Luke and Acts;
scholarly resources;
the context of church mission, preaching and teaching.
The unit will consist primarily of lectures, with one or two seminars.
Formative assessment will be through preparation for classes and participation in class discussions and seminars with feedback.
Summative assessment will be through an essay of 2,500 words. By special arrangement the assessment could be a critical book review or notes for a series of Bible studies.
Green, J.B., The Theology of the Gospel of Luke, New Testament Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995)