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DI3601 - a little help
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Posted by muffin66 at 19:06, 13th Aug 2006 |
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DI3601 - a little help
i hear this module is a complete nightmare - any truth to this? and if so, what should i know about it & anything i should read before hand to make the experience less awful? this is not about getting ahead, but getting less behind come november...
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Posted by android at 12:00, 17th Aug 2006 |
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Quoting muffin66 from 19:06, 13th Aug 2006
i hear this module is a complete nightmare - any truth to this? and if so, what should i know about it & anything i should read before hand to make the experience less awful? this is not about getting ahead, but getting less behind come november... Truth? Yes and no. I absolutely loved the module, I just didn't do very well in it. I recommend accepting now that it's about methodology and get ready to delight in poking holes in form criticism, and you should be ok. I found the work quite heavy, but by developing a work ethic (previously undiscovered), I kept up. I recommend looking at John Barton's "Reading the Old Testament" to give you an overview of different types of criticism, or at least the introduction, and check if there's a library collection for the module. You're probably going to cover the following, with a likely book/topic for some: Source criticism - Flood story, Gen 7, Griesbach hypothesis and Gospel priority
Form criticism - Dibelius. Oh, Dibelius. Don't do what I did and try to read the whole book. Hermann Gunkel on Psalms. jeremias on Parables.
Redaction criticism - Von Rad on Genesis, something about Luke, perhaps?
Social-historical criticism - Try Prof Esler's Luke-Acts book, or his intro to the Galatians one.
Liberation approaches (feminism and liberation theology) - Gustavo Gutierrez and Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza. Don't knock yourself out on this- we only read the two books in my day.
Biblical Theology Movement - Bruggeman critiques this in his mammoth OT introduction, which is a helpful book
Literary approaches - Moberly, Rentdorff (try them on Genesis)
Canonical approach - anything by Brevard Childs
Rhetorical criticism
Structural criticism (I suggest leaving these two till you have a bit of a run up - I still don't understand them) Sure I've forgotten some. But hope that helps. I think it's wise to get a start now!
Isn't it weird when the signature is longer than the message? This won't be one o' those.
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Posted by android at 16:53, 17th Aug 2006 |
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Also should add - familiarise yourself with the following passages, which may well be recurring texts: Genesis: The Flood, Abraham & Sarah Gen 12, 15?, 21, Hagar in Gen 21-22 Amos Mark 4, Parable of the Sower Luke: Jesus' first visit in synagogue ("the spirit of the Lord has come upon me")
Isn't it weird when the signature is longer than the message? This won't be one o' those. |
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Posted by muffin66 at 21:21, 1st Sep 2006 |
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i'm actually going to hate this module...i'm only doing it so i can do a few other divinity modules in 3rd & 4th yr, as this one is a requirement. i'm really wondering if its going to be worth it - after all, if i fail it i won't get to do any of the rest will i! it sounds lethal & heavy going. but appreciate the warning!
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Posted by smeagol at 18:52, 7th Sep 2006 |
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Its awful reputation is well deserved, although its absolute rejuvenation was promised far more fervently this year...
I'm playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order. Edited: 2006-09-07 18:53:23 by User, 2006-09-07 18:53:57 by User |
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Posted by Unregistered User The fox. at 18:03, 30th Aug 2006 |
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I changed my degree course in order to avoid it. McDonald and Elliott in one go. Methinks not.
Quoting muffin66 from 19:06, 13th Aug 2006
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