This unit will explore two books of the New Testament from the late first century CE: the so-called Letter to the Hebrews and the Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse). It will examine the context, structure and theology of these works from a historical-critical perspective, with some attention also to other ways in which they have been interpreted. There will be a particular focus on how these two texts engage with the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament); to this end, the unit will examine ways in which the Scriptures were interpreted and appropriated in Judaism and emerging Christianity during this period, as well as methods of identifying and studying such uses of the Scriptures. (This unit may be offered in online or blended mode.)
Unit code: BN9251C
Unit status: Approved (Major revision)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: New Testament
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Catholic Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Discuss the overall contents, structure, theology, historical context and rhetoric of the Letter to the Hebrews and the Book of Revelation. |
2. | Analyse how Hebrews and Revelation make use of the Jewish Scriptures. |
3. | Interpret passages from Hebrews and Revelation using mature exegetical skills. |
4. | Formulate, research and write up a specific argument related to the unit content in a critically rigorous and self-directed manner. |
5. | Appraise secondary sources on Hebrews and Revelation, bearing in mind their hermeneutical perspectives. |
two units in Biblical Studies (BS), or one in Old Testament (BA) and one in New Testament (BN).
Prohibited combination: This unit may not be taken by a student who has taken any undergraduate or postgraduate unit on Hebrews or on Revelation.
Lectures, seminars, tutorials
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | Variant 1 - 3500-word essay (on a topic or passage in Hebrews or Revelation, including how it engages with the Jewish Scriptures) One choice from two assessment variants will be nominated at the time of scheduling by the lecturer/unit coordinator prior to the start of the unit, published in the unit outline. Students may have topical choices within a given assessment variation, but are not able to make choices outside that set of assessments. |
3500 | 50.0 |
Essay | Variant 1 - 3500-word essay (on a topic or passage in Hebrews or Revelation [whichever book was not written about in the first essay], including how it engages with the Jewish Scriptures OR on a topic that substantially involves both Hebrews and Revelation, including how they engage with the Jewish Scriptures) |
3500 | 50.0 |
Report | Variant 2 - with lecturer's approval - 1000-word report (essay proposal, including annotated bibliography) |
1000 | 15.0 |
Essay | Variant 2 - with lecturer's approval - 6000-word essay (on a topic that substantially involves both Hebrews and Revelation, including how they engage with the Jewish Scriptures) |
6000 | 85.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 22 Jul, 2020
Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:51 +1000