OT204-712 - Old Testament Seminar

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

24cps OT

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT689.

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of a OT topic not otherwise covered in the students’ course

B. Be able to

1. Discuss recent scholarship in its bearing on a OT topic not otherwise covered in the students’ course

2. Synthesise data from diverse scholarship to formulate Critical perspectives on a OT topic not otherwise covered in the students’ course

3. Present Critical evidence-based perspectives on a OT topic not otherwise covered in the students’ course

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Functional perspectives and skills from a OT topic not otherwise covered in the students’ course to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

The choice of the topic or theme to be studied is left to approved institutions but must have staff and library support sufficient to sustain the unit. The course coordinator is responsible for submitting for approval a proposed unit outline along with assessment plans to the moderator for Old Testament.

The unit is taught, conducted as a seminar involving class discussion as well as lectures and individual reading.  The unit is not an individual research topic. It is strongly recommended that the unit include set reading of approximately 15 chapters from OT texts in Hebrew or 25 chapters in English not covered elsewhere in the candidates’ course.

  • Candidates must demonstrate a thorough grasp of the Old Testament issues involved
  • Assessment should be designed to encourage exploration of the personal and pastoral implications of Old Testament perspectives discerned in candidates’ learning
  • Units approved for the Master of Arts (Theology) may be used as the basis for this unit, adjusted appropriately to reflect major level undergraduate study for students enrolled in the undergraduate degrees