12 5 1st year Dr D A Lee (Queens College). Special entry conditions apply (see above) Semester one Two one hour lectures and one one hour tutorial. Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• understand the processes which resulted in the writing of the New Testament;
• identify the sources and traditions behind the synoptic gospels;
• use contemporary methods in exegeting New Testament texts.

The subject will introduce students to the literature and history of the early Christian Church and to exegetical method and procedure through the use of selected texts from the New Testament. Topics will be selected from the following areas: the canon of the New Testament, synoptic studies, source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, literary criticism, the historical and social world of the New Testament era. Two 1000 word essays or one essay of 2,000 words and a two-hour examination.