BIBLICAL STUDIES
The Biblical Studies pathway, within which you will choose to complete the Old Testament or New Testament route, provides opportunities for developing and mastering skills in translation and exegesis at an advanced level. You will engage in rigorous and independent research of complex exegetical issues and in self-reflective examination of how the biblical text may be appropriated to complex and unpredictable situations in modern culture through application of contemporary hermeneutics. Additionally, the Biblical Studies pathway enables the student to investigate the tendenz of specific texts within the larger biblical and theological context, as well as in the tradition of the Adventist Church.
Modules To fulfil the requirements for this course you will need to successfully complete 180 credits, comprising: • 120 credits (six modules, 20 credits each) of taught modules from your chosen specialisation, and • a 60-credit 15,000-word research dissertation
You must complete NCTR7001 Biblical Hermeneutics (20 credits), plus a further 100 credits chosen from either the Old Testament or the New Testament pathway (samples listed below).
Not all modules are able to be offered every semester, or every year.
Old Testament pathway
Completing a pathway allows you to build a solid platform for your future employment or further education. The Master of Arts in Theology offers you three pathways of specialisation, which you will begin from your first semester.
Title
NCTR7002
OT Exegesis: Studies in Prophetic Texts
Credits 20
NCTR7003 OT Thematic: OT and Creation
20
OT Thematic: NCTR7010 OT and Spirituality
20
The Reception of the Bible NCTR7011 in Contemporary Culture
20
NCTR7038 OT and Ethics
20
NCTR7037 The Book of Ecclesiastes
20
Exegesis of Key Texts in NCTR7007 Adventism: Marriage Texts
20
NCTR7042 Ableism and Disability
20
NCTR7043 Race, Identity and Nation
20
NCTR7044 Gender and Sex
20
An elective from Systematic Theology second-semester modules
20
New Testament pathway
Pathways
Code
Code
Title
NCTR7004
NT Exegesis: Studies in the NT Letters
20
NCTR7005
NT Thematic: NT and Second Temple Judaism
20
NCTR7012
NT Thematic: NT and Cultic Reconstruction
20
NCTR7011
The Reception of the Bible in Contemporary Culture
20
NCTR7007
Exegesis of Key Texts in Adventism: Marriage Texts
20
Credits
NCTR7042 Ableism and Disability
20
NCTR7043 Race, Identity and Nation
20
NCTR7044 Gender and Sex
20
An elective from Systematic Theology second-semester modules
20
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