Career Paths / Future Directions:
Business, Medical, Science, Social Sciences, Teaching
Description
This unit studies a foundational text of a religious tradition. The set text chosen is the Gospel of Luke in the Christian tradition. The unit explores the history and culture from which the religious tradition was formed. This unit examines issues related to the writing of the Gospel, such as authorship, purpose, audience, literary structure and major themes. The unit also introduces various methods of exegesis and its role in the interpretation of passages from Luke’s Gospel. The areas of study are:
The background of the tradition
Historical and literary background to the set text
Interpreting texts-Exegesis (Part 1)
Outcomes
Identification and explanation of the events, people, places, values and ideas associated with the early development of Christian communities.
Discussion of major themes and analysis of the literary structure and the issues related to the writing of Luke’s Gospel.
Application of exegetical methods to develop an interpretation of some of the passages for special study from Luke’s Gospel, including discussion of the nature of and challenges to exegetical method.
Description
This unit continues the work of Unit 3 in further developing exegetical skills for the interpretation of passages from Luke’s Gospel. The unit also examines significant religious ideas, beliefs and social themes as they are developed in Luke’s Gospel and as they came to be interpreted and reinterpreted in the later development of Christianity. The areas of study are:
Interpreting texts-Exegesis (Part 2)
Religious ideas, beliefs and social themes
Outcomes
Application of basic exegetical methods to develop an interpretation of all the passages for special study in Luke’s Gospel.
Discussion of a significant religious idea, belief or social theme in Luke’s Gospel, including analysis and evaluation of how some related passages from Luke have been interpreted within the tradition at a later stage.
Units 3 and 4 Assessment
Unit 3 Coursework 25%
Unit 4 Coursework 25%
Written Examination 1 50%