Unit information: Luke-Acts (Trinity and Baptist College) in 2014/15

Unit name	Luke-Acts (Trinity and Baptist College)
Unit code	THRS20094
Credit points	10
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Professor. D'Costa
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	B11002 Getting into the New Testament B11003 Reading the Bible in its context and ours
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Religion and Theology
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

College Unit Director: David Wenham

This unit concentrates on a restricted range of texts and themes in the context of an overview of the whole two volume work. The focus is predominantly on Luke’s theology and meaning, but with some attention being given to historical and source-critical questions. The treatment of texts seeks to introduce the student to the range of scholarly opinion that exists and to demonstrate the need for detailed textual analysis. The treatment of themes seeks to encourage a reading of the Gospel as a unified whole. The unit aims to 1. enable students to begin to understand and interpret Luke’s two volume work 2. focus on key themes and selected texts 3. introduce a range of critical ideas and approaches.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the unit students should have:

1. a grasp of the form and main features of Luke and Acts;
2. gained some awareness of differing scholarly approaches and opinions on

major critical, historical and hermeneutical issues raised by Luke and Acts;

1. gained some skills in the reading of texts, and an awareness of available

scholarly resources;

1. reflected on making use of the texts in today’s context and in particular in

the context of church mission, preaching and teaching.

Teaching Information

The unit will consist primarily of lectures, with one or two seminars.

Assessment Information

Formative assessment will be through preparation for classes and participation in class discussions and seminars with feedback.

Summative assessment will be through an essay of 2,500 words. By special arrangement the assessment could be a critical book review or notes for a series of Bible studies.

Reading and References

1. Bock, D. L., Luke, NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996)
2. Cassidy, R.J., Jesus Politics and Society (Maryville: Orbis, 1978)

Green, J.B., The Theology of the Gospel of Luke, New Testament Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995)

1. Marshall, I.H., The Acts of the Apostles (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992)
2. Gaventa, B, Acts (Nashville:Abingdon, 2003)
3. Tuckett, C. M., Luke, New Testament Guides (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996)