COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIBLICAL CRITICSM II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4502 BIBLICAL CRITICSM II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZAFER DUYGU

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To create intellectual knowledge on these issues by introducing students to the modern researches on the Torah and Bibles for hundreds of years in the scientific world, the theories and methods developed for use in these researches

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the discussions held in antiquity about the biblical texts.
2   Understands the opinions and criticisms put forward by the clergy about the biblical texts.
3   Knows the paradigms that have changed in the scientific world in the modern period about the biblical texts.
4   Understands the historical research methods and methods revealed at the point of researching and interpreting the biblical texts, the judgments revealed together with the research conducted.
5   Compares different opinions about the biblical texts in antiquity and in the modern period..

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Jewish and Christian Scriptures
2 Discussions held in antiquity about the texts of Bible
3 Opinions and criticisms put forward by the clergy in ancient times about the texts of the Bible
4 Changing paradigms in the scientific world in the modern period about the biblical texts
5 Historical research methods and methods revealed at the point of researching and interpreting the texts of the Bible
6 The judgments that have been put forward together with the research on the biblical texts
7 Comparison of different opinions about the biblical texts in antiquity and in the modern period
8 Midterm Exam
9 Form Criticism
10 Source Criticism
11 Redaction Criticism
12 Criticism of Tradition
13 The Results of the Biblical Criticism
14 The Reaction of Jews and Christians to the Criticism of the Bible
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Zafer Duygu, Inciller Güvenilir Metinler midir Metodolojik ve Karşılaştırmalı Analizler, Istanbul, 2020
Richard Elliott Friedman, Kitab-ı Mukaddes'i Kim Yazdı , Istanbul, 2005
Bart D. Ehrman, Incil Nasıl Değiştirildi, Istanbul, 2007
Mark Goodacre, The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze, London & New York, 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, research, Q&A, lecture, watching movies and documentaries, presentation, discussion, homework and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zafer.duygu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.211
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