THEO43630: The Bible and Hermeneutics

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• To introduce the main issues of contemporary debate about biblical interpretation in relation to contemporary work in hermeneutics;
• To illustrate the fresh conceptual resources and possibilities for biblical interpretation that have become available through work in hermeneutics;
• To survey and evaluate interpretations of a selected, paradigmatic biblical text that raises major hermeneutical issues.

• The module is in three sections, corresponding to the aims of the course. The first situates the approaches to be considered within broader modern and postmodern concerns, the second considers some specific resources for reformulating interpretative possibilities, the third analyzes various readings of a selected biblical text or texts. All three will involve extensive reading and reflection upon relevant literature, with seminar discussions.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Students should possess technical knowledge of the academic style appropriate to the discipline of Biblical Studies.
• Students should have critical awareness and appreciation of the range of approaches used in research in the discipline of Biblical Studies.
• Students should have detailed knowledge of the text or texts selected for study.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Students should be able to discriminate between and evaluate the appropriateness of a range of interpretative approaches in relation to specific biblical passages.
• Students should possess advanced ability to comprehend and assess complex debates relating to scholarly issues within Biblical Studies.

Key Skills:

• Students will have well-developed powers of intellectual discrimination and judgement.
• Students will be able to communicate clearly, precisely and coherently in written expression.
• Students will develop their abilities in close reading of texts, both biblical and scholarly, and in critical reflection and comment on them

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