Reception of the Bible: Theology, Tradition and Culture

Postgraduate

In Bristol

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Duration

    1 Year

To develop students interest in, and knowledge and understanding of, how the Bible has been compiled, received and transmitted throughout its history (i.e biblical reception).

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)
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Faculty Of Arts, University Of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

Start date

On request

About this course

An upper second-class Honours degree or international equivalent, usually in Theology or Religious Studies. Applicants with degrees in other subjects will be considered on their own merits.
IELTS score: 6.5 in all bands

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Course programme

MA in Reception of the Bible: Theology, Tradition and Culture

Mode:
full-time

In the core units, special emphasis will be placed on historical, theological, philosophical, critical, reception and cultural theories which explore the relation between text and context. Trained in these skills of theoretical analysis, you will then take optional units in which you can explore the use of the Bible in distinctive contexts which include: biblical origins of Christian/Western hostility to the Jews; modes of scriptural reception in faith communities; medieval understanding and use of biblical authority; the interaction between Bible and literature; modern theology and the Bible; and modern philosophical theories and their application and relation to biblical studies.

Programme Structure

First Semester
Two compulsory units plus one optional unit

  • The History of Christianity: Texts
  • Reception: Readers, Viewers, Audiences
  • Optional unit

Second Semester
Three optional units, which may include the following:

  • The Bible and the Myth of Jewish Evil
  • The Bible and Zion
  • Biblical Hermeneutics and the Dogmatic Status of Scripture in Modern Theology
  • Philosophical Issues in the Rise of Historical Biblical Criticism
  • The Reception of Scripture in the First Millennium CE
  • The Reception of the Bible in the Middle Ages
  • Reformation, the Bible and Renaissance Literature
  • Rewriting the Bible

Dissertation
Consists of a 15,000- to 20,000-word dissertation.

Reception of the Bible: Theology, Tradition and Culture

Price on request