Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module will explore how the Bible has been interpreted over the past several millennia, both in religious and academic contexts. Students will explore the history of biblical interpretation beginning in the biblical period itself, moving on to explore early Jewish and Christian readings, medieval developments, Reformation approaches, and early modern interpretation. Special attention will then be given to the current state of biblical studies, and the methodological pluralism that defines the contemporary era. Here students will encounter historical, literary, and theological approaches, as well as committed reading strategies such as feminist criticism and post-colonial approaches. The module will also note how different traditions have engaged with Scripture as both sacred text and object of critical enquiry. Throughout the module specific biblical texts and their reception history will be used to demonstrate the various methods, theories, and approaches to reading the Bible. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Display a critical awareness of the major trajectories in the history of biblical interpretation 2. Demonstrate an understanding of a broad range of approaches to the study of the Bible used in contemporary biblical studies; 3. Engage critically with the biblical text from a variety of vantage points used in contemporary biblical studies; 4. Demonstrate an appreciation of the similarities and differences in how Jews and Christians have read and engaged with the biblical text as Scripture and as object of scholarly enquiry. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Inner-biblical interpretation and early translationsChurch fathers and interpretation in the early churchRabbinic interpretationMedieval interpretationa Reformation and early modern interpretationContemporary approaches to biblical interpretation: methodological pluralismThe world behind the text: historical approachesThe world of the text: literary approachesThe world in front of the text: committed approachesTheological approaches: canonical, theological interpretationThe history of interpretation and the Bible as sacred Scripture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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