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Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, 2003: Amendments

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice of an amendment to the form of the examination for Paper C6 (Late patristic and medieval theology) in Part IIB of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, 2003, published in Reporter on 15 January on p. 465. Section D of this paper will contain four not two questions as stated in the previous Notice. The form of the examination will be as follows:

Paper C6. Late patristic and medieval theology

The form of examination for this paper will be a three-hour written paper. The paper will be divided into four sections. Section A will deal with Late Patristic authors; Section B will deal with High Medieval Western authors; Section C will deal with fourteenth-century authors; and Section D will deal with comparative or synthetic issues. Each section will contain at least four questions. Candidates will be required to answer a total of four questions, including at least one from each of Sections A, B, and D.

The Faculty Board also give notice that the form of the examinations for Papers A1.C, B1.C, and C1.C (Sanskrit) has also been amended to remove an incorrect reference to translation of sentences from English to Sanskrit. A correction has also been made to the set texts for Paper A1.C. The form of the examinations will be as follows:

PAPER A1.C. Scriptural languages and texts - Sanskrit

Candidates will be required to translate three passages from the prescribed texts from Sanskrit into English, to answer questions on their language and content, and to translate one unseen passage from Sanskrit to English.

Set texts

Mahābhārata 2.66-68 (Poona edition, 1933-66); Hitopadeśa, extracts 3-11 (C.R. Lanman, A Sanskrit Reader, pp. 20-35); Bhagavadgītā chs. 3-4

PAPER B1.C. Intermediate languages and texts - Sanskrit

The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to translate three passages from the prescribed texts from Sanskrit into English, to answer questions on their language and content, and to translate one unseen passage from Sanskrit to English.

PAPER C1.C. Advanced languages and texts - Sanskrit

The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to translate three passages from the prescribed texts from Sanskrit into English, to answer questions on their language and content, and to translate one unseen passage from Sanskrit to English.

The Faculty Board have given an assurance that no candidate's preparation for the examinations is adversely affected by these amendments.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 12 February 2003
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