Biblical Studies (Postgraduate Certificate)

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <p>The Certificate is gained when students have successfully completed either four 15 credit courses, or one 30 credit and two 15 credit courses, plus one non-credit bearing module on postgraduate thinking skills. The courses are delivered either through evening sessions or at the weekend at Liverpool Hope’s Childwall campus.</p> <p>The 15 credit courses offered this year include: ‘Law, Prophecy and Wisdom: Three Worldviews in the Old Testament’, ‘Jewish Apocalyptic Literature’, ‘Pauline Literature’ and ‘Johannine Literature’. The 30 credit course is on ‘Biblical Hermeneutics in a Pastoral Context’. While the 15 credit courses focus on selected biblical writings, including in some cases non biblical texts which are essential for the understanding of the Bible, they also introduce students to major issues in biblical interpretation in general. Furthermore, they enable students to become familiar with a variety of methods and approaches used in the academic study of the Bible, the tools used by biblical scholars, and with the most important developments in the field of biblical scholarship.</p> <p>It is envisaged that a different range of courses will be offered in alternate years, so that also other parts of the Old and New Testaments can be included in the curriculum. This would also allow students to progress to a Postgraduate Diploma, and thereafter (with a dissertation) to an MA in Biblical Studies.</p> </div>