University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 15

ECTS credits : 7

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: Lecture: 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm Mon, Seminar: 11.00 am - 1.00 pm Fri (Classes held in Weeks 1 - 5 essay submitted Week 6)

Reading the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible is an integrative discipline that brings together close reading, linguistic skill, historical sensitivity, literary perception, compositional technique, and theological analysis. This module is designed to develop the technical and analytical skills needed to read the OT/HB in its original historical, literary, and theological contexts. The student will be introduced to the sub-disciplines of textual criticism, semantics/lexicography, scribal composition, and literary analysis (of prose and poetry). As an exercise in applied hermeneutics, the approach throughout is practical, in which the student will be learning methods by practicing them. The purpose of the module is to prepare the students to endeavour their own close readings of the OT/HB throughout their honours programme.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisite(s): You must also take DI3712

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 1-hour lecture and 1 x 2-hour seminar (x 5 weeks).

Scheduled learning hours: 15

Guided independent study hours: 135

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: 2-hour Written Examination = 100%

Personnel