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Study Tour of the Biblical Lands

BS210-310
BS211-311

Anthony Dean cm and Rosemary Canavan
15 November — 18 December, 2012
Census Date: Friday 23 November

The tour, approximately mid-November to mid-December, will enable students to become familiar with data associated with the Scriptures – archaeological, geographical, historical, sociological, and theological. A unit reader will be made available before departure. The tour includes selected sites in Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Turkey and Greece. Meetings prior to departure will clarify individual assessment. The written components of assessment are to be submitted by the Easter recess of the following year.

NB: CTC reserves the right to alter the itinerary upon travel advice.

Undergraduate Prerequisites

second level: BS101 and BS102, or equivalent
third level: two Biblical Studies units at second level

Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites (BS310-311)

BS101 or BS350, and BS102 or BS351

Undergraduate Assessment

total assessment for two 15 point units
second level two x 2,000 word assignments 45%
one 4,000 word journal 55%
third level two x 2,500 word assignments 45%
one 4,000 word journal 55%

Participants in the study tour enrol in two 15-point units of Biblical Studies at second or third level for credit or as audit students.

Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment (BS310-BS311)

Equivalent to 12,000 words.
See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students.

Participants in the study tour enrol in two 15-point units of Biblical Studies at third level.

Bibliography

  • Biblical Archaeology Review
  • Aharoni, Yohanan. The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography. Translated and edited by A. F. Rainey. London: Burns & Oates, 1966.
  • Avi-Yonah, Michael. The Holy Land, from the Persian to the Arab Conquest (536BC-AD640): A Historical Geography. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1977.
  • Bimson, John J., ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Bible Places: Towns and Cities, Countries and States, Archaeology and Topography. Leicester: InterVarsity, 1995.
  • Finegan, Jack. The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church. Rev. ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.
  • Fujita, Neil S. A Crack in the Jar: What Ancient Jewish Documents Tell Us about the New Testament. New York: Paulist, 1986.
  • Hoppe, Leslie J. What Are They Saying About Biblical Archaeology? New York: Paulist, 1984.
  • Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. The Holy Land. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Reed, Jonathan L. Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-examination of the Evidence. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000.
  • Thomas, David. W., ed. Archaeology and Old Testament Study: Jubilee Volume of the Society for Old Testament Study 1917–1967. Oxford: Clarendon, 1967.
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