TBC - Heythrop College

HEYTHROP COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
MOD1 form Approved Module description template
1. Module
code
tbc 2. Module value 30 credits 3. Academic
level
5
4. Module title Biblical Theology in the Making
5. Module co-ordinator Bridget Gilfillan Upton
6. Module staff Bridget Gilfillan Upton, Ann Jeffers, Jonathan Norton, Dominik
Markl
7. Term(s) when Michaelmas and Lent
available
8. Year available Every year from 2011
9. Programme(s) for Core BAT, BD, BA P&T
which chiefly intended Option BA Psych+T
(as core or option)
10. Pre-requisite Bible Foundations or equivalent
module(s)
11. Co-requisite None
module(s)
12. Prohibited Any Greek or Hebrew option which focuses on the main texts
combination
offered in this module
13. Module aims • To introduce students to the principles of biblical
exegesis
• To engage them actively in an exegetical study of
these texts within their original contexts and within
the history of interpretation
• Within those contexts to identify what are the
distinctive features of these texts
• To introduce students to the major theological aspects of
the set texts
14. Learning outcomes By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• understand the importance of studying the Bible in order
to take an active part in critical discussions
• interact with contemporary scholarship concerning these
texts
• evaluate critically various interpretations of the text in
modern scholarship as well as their contribution to
theological thinking
15. Indicative module
content
16 Relationship of
module content to staff
research
Critical readings of selected passages on the themes of
creation, grace and eschatology from the Old Testament Second
Temple and New Testament texts, indicatively from Genesis,
Wisdom, Psalms, Philo, Paul and John. The module is intended
to contribute to the level 6 core module for the BAT degree.
All module teachers are engaged with research into elements
covered by this course. Particular interests in Torah, Second
Temple Judaism, Paul’s use of Scripture, the Greco-Roman
World, Narrative readings of the Gospels and Gospel
hermeneutics will combine to underpin the teaching of this
module

17. Learning and
teaching methods
18 Transferable skills
developed in this
module
19. Selected
Bibliography:
Essential texts
Interactive lectures with some group work
Tutorials as specified for level 5 modules
Skill T, P, A
Communication
P
Use of IT
P
Application of Number
Working with others T P
Improving own learning T P A
and performance
Problem solving
T P A
T
This skill is taught
P
Opportunities to practice this skill
A
This skill is assessed
Bible: New Revised Standard version
Prophecy:
J. Blenkinsopp, A History of Prophecy in Israel (Louisvill, KY:
Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)
Opening the sealed Book: Interpretation of the Book of Isiaiah in
Late Antiquity (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006).
Clements, R. E. (1980). Isaiah and the Deliverance of
Jerusalem: A Study of the Interpretation of Prophecy in the Old
Testament. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament.
T. Collins, The Mantle of Elijah (Sheffield: JSOT, 1993)
Conrad, E. Reading the Latter Prophets. Toward a New
Canonical Criticism (JSOTSup. 376, London T & T Clark, 2003)
K. Kloch, The Prophets (London: SCM Press, 1982) (2 volumes)
H. McKay and D. J.A. Clines, Of Prophets’ Visions and the
Wisdom of Sages (Sheffield Academic Press, 1993)
T. W. Overholt, Channels of Prophecy: the Social Dynamics of
Prophetic Activity (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989)
Williamson, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 1-
27 (ICC, London: T & T Clark, 2006)
Psalms:
W. Bruggemann, The Message of the Psalms: A Theological
Commentary (Minneapolis, 1984)
J. Day, Psalms (OT Guides, 1992)
S.E. Gillingham The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible
(Oxford: OUP, 1994)
K. Seybold, Introducing the Psalms (T&T Clark, 1990)
Commentaries on John:
Brown, R E The Gospel according to John (Two volumes Anchor
Bible Commentary 1966-70)
Lincoln, Andrew St John (London, NY 2005)
Selected other
recommended texts
On the Gospel of John:
Ashton, John Studying John: Approaches to the Fourth Gospel
(Oxford 1994)
Davies, Margaret Rhetoric and reference in the Fourth Gospel
(Sheffield 1992)

Donahue, John (ed) Life in Abundance: Studies of John’s
Gospel in tribute to Raymond E Brown (Minnesota 2005)
Fortna, Robert T and Tom Thatcher (eds) Jesus in Johannine
Tradition (Louisville KY 2001)
Scott, Martin Sophia and the Johannine Jesus (Sheffield 1992)
20. Assessment and
feedback on
performance
21. In module student
evaluation opportunities
Standard pattern for level 5 modules:
3 essays, contributing a total of 40% of the final mark
3 hour examination, contributing 60% to the final mark
Student evaluation forms
Staff-student liaison committee
22. Indicative student
time allocation
23. Date of module
description
development or
modification
300 hours
Lectures 44 Hours
Tutorials 3 hours
Reading, preparation, essay writing, revision 253 hours
28.02.10