This unit investigates the meanings attributed to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in a variety of texts from the early Christian movement. Consideration will be given to the development of Christian understandings of atonement, the nature of early claims about the resurrection of Jesus, and the relationship between cross and resurrection in Pauline texts, the Gospels and a number of non-canonical early Christian texts (including texts from Nag Hammadi and the Apostolic Fathers). The centrality of early claims about the death and resurrection of Jesus in relation to the development of Christian theology, community, and ethics will be explored.
Unit code: BN3040P
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: New Testament
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Critically analyse the main features of the understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus in a number of early Christian texts. |
2. | Identify the historical, sociological, literary, and theological factors that contributed to the development and diversity of early Christian understandings of the death and resurrection of Jesus. |
3. | Articulate, through detailed exegesis, the way that one early Christian text treats the death and resurrection of Jesus and its ecclesial, missional, or ethical implications. |
4. | Compare significant scholarly debates over the meaning of the death of Christ and/or the nature of the resurrection in early Christianity. |
15 points in New Testament Study
Lectures, tutorials, engagement with online learning materials, tasks and tutorial discussion
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | Essay on a non-canonical early Christian text (2000 words) |
0 | 40.0 |
Exegetical Essay | Exegetical Essay on a New Testament text (3000 words) Or Preparation of Liturgical Materials for either Good Friday or the Easter Vigil or Easter Sunday informed by the theology of one New Testament writer (3000 words) |
0 | 60.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-27 12:35:34 +1100