A. Hebrew I (Elementary Hebrew)

Genesis 37 and 40-45.

B. New Testament Greek

John 17-21.

C. Sanskrit

Mahābhārata 2.66-68 (Poona edition, 1933-66).

Hitopadesa, extracts 2-11 (C. R. Lanman, A Sanskrit Reader, pp. 16-35).

Bhagavadghītā ch. 3-4.

D. Qur'anic Arabic

The Qur'ān, I:1-7, II:1-23, IV:93-100, LIII:1-40.

al-Bukhārī, al-Jāmi' al-Sahīh (Cairo, 1313 ah), vol. I, pp. 1-10.

al-Isfarā'īnī al Tabsīr fi'l-dīn (Beirut, 1983 ce), pp. 45-6, 97-9.

A. Hebrew II (Intermediate Hebrew)

Deuteronomy 5-15; Judges 13-16; Jonah; Job 1-2, 42.7-17.

B. New Testament Greek

Mark's Gospel.

C. Sanskrit

Rgvedasam.hitā 1.1, 1.154, 2.12, 2.33, 7.61, 7.86, 8.48, 10.14, 10.90, 10.129 (in A.A. Macdonell, A Vedic Reader for Students); Aitareyabrāhma.na, extracts 2-4 (in O. Böhtlingk, Sanskrit Chrestomathie, 3rd edn., pp. 28-34); Buddhacarita 3.

D. Qur'anic Arabic

The Qur'an, Sura XIX; Abu Sa'id al-Baydawi, Anwar al-tanzil wa-asrar al-ta'wil (Istanbul, 1329AH), 404-5; Bin Juzayy al-Kalbi, Tafsir (Beirut, 1983/1403), pp. 413-6; al-Waqidi, Kitab al-Maghazi, ed. Marsden Jones (Oxford, 1966), Vol. II, pp. 731-8; Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi, al-Minhaj fi sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (Cairo, 1347AH), Vol. II, pp. 79-98; Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Jawzi, Sifat al-safwa (Hyderabad, 1355AH), Vol. IV, pp. 155-9.

A. Hebrew III (Advanced Hebrew)

Isaiah 1-7; Psalms 8, 19, 22, 23, 24, 46, 51, 74, 82, 91, 104, 145.

B. New Testament Greek

Romans 5-8; Revelation 4-7; Genesis 3; Psalm 118 (LXX 117); Isaiah 61.

C. Sanskrit

Kathopani.sad, 1-2; Gītagovinda 1, 2, 6, 7; Pratyabhijñāh.rdaya.

D. Qur'anic Arabic

The Qur'an, Suras LV, LXXV, LXXVI, LXXXI; Rashid Rida, Tafsir al-Manar (Cairo, 3rd ed. 1367AH), Vol. III, pp. 254-261; Abu'l-Qasim al-Qushayri, Lata'if al-isharat, ed. Ibrahim Basyuni (Cairo, n.d.), Vol. III, pp. 238-50; F. Rahman (ed.), Avicenna's De Anima (Arabic Text). Being the Psychological Part of Kitab al-Shifa (London, 1959), 39-51; Paul Nwyia, Ibn Ata'Allah (m/709-1309) et la naissance de la confrerie sadilite (Beirut, 1972), pp. 85-103, 209-223; Ibn al-Farid, 'al-Khamriyya' in Diwan, ed. 'Abd al-Khaliq Mahmud (Cairo, 1984), 189-92; Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, al-Risala (Beirut, 1406/1986), 114-126; Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, al-Risala al-Qudsiya, ed. Abdul Latif Tibawi, IQ 9 (1965), 78-94; Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ma'alim usul al-din (Beirut, 1404/1984), pp. 39-52.

Genesis 1-11.

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a) Church and Empire in Late Antiquity.

b) Established Religion and its opponents in Nineteenth-Century Europe.

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Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics Vol. IV.1 (Edinburgh, 1956) pp.157-357; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christology (London, 1966); Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics (London, 1964) pp.120-143, 188-207; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison Enlarged Edition (London, 1971) Letters of 1944: 30/4, 5/5, 20/5, 29/5, 8/6, 27/6, 8/7, 16/7, 21/7; David F. Ford and Mike Higton (eds), Jesus (Oxford, 2002) pp.443-462, 496-509; Karl Rahner, A Rahner Reader (London, 1975) pp.145-159, 166-172; Janet Martin Soskice, 'Blood and Defilement: Reflections on Jesus and the Symbolics of Sex' in Daniel Kendall, S. J. and Stephen T. Davis (eds), The Convergence of Theology (Mahwah, N.J. 2001); Rowan Williams, 'Theological Postcscript' in Arius (London, 1987, 2002); Rowan Williams, 'Trinity and Revelation' in On Christian Theology (Oxford, 2000) pp.131-147.

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a) Late Patristic theology.

b) High medieval Western theology.

c) Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Western theology.

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Pseudo-Dionysius, 'The Divine Names', 'The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy' (in The Complete Works, tr. Colm Luibheid, CWS, 1987); Maximus the Confessor, 'The Trial of Maximus', 'Two Hundred Chapters on Theology and The Economy in the Flesh' (in Selected Works, tr. George Berthold, CWS, 1985); 'Ambigua' [Difficulty] 5 and 41 (in Maximus the Confessor, tr. Andrew Louth, London, 1996); Anselm, 'Monologium Proslogium' (in Basic Writings, tr. S. N. Deane, La Salle, IN, 1962); Aquinas, Summa theologia I.3, I.27-28, 39-40, 43; III.9-11, 16-19, (Blackfriars' edition); Ruusbroec, 'The Spiritual Espousals' (Book III) and 'The Little Book of Clarification' (in The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works, tr. James Wiseman; CWS, 1985); Denys the Carthusian, 'On Contemplation' (Book III) (unpublished translation by Denys Turner, to be made available in the Faculty Library).

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b) Being and causality in Mahayana.

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Exodus.

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Simon Peter.

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Primary sources

Genesis 1-2; Genesis 16:21 and Galatians 4.21-31; 1 Samuel 1 and 2 and Luke 1; Revelation.

Secondary sources

Philo of Alexandria, 'De Congressu' 1-23 (ET Loeb Classical Library, vol. iv; Harvard, 1985) and 'De Posteritate' 130-132 (ET Loeb Classical Library, vol. ii; Harvard, 1985); Origen, 'Homélies sur Samuel' no. 1 (Sources chrétiennes, vol. 328, Paris, 1981 [translation to be made available]); Origen, 'Homilies on Luke', no. 8 (ET Fathers of the Church vol. 94; Washington DC, 1996); John Chrysostom, 'Homilies on Genesis, 38 and 46 (ET in 'Homilies on Genesis 18-45', Fathers of the Church, vol. 82; Washington DC, 1990); and 'Homilies on Genesis 46-67', (ET Fathers of the Church, vol. 87; Washington DC, 1992); Augustine, 'On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis' Chs 1-5, 16 (ET in Two Books on Genesis against the Manichees and On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis, Fathers of the Church vol. 84; Washington DC, 1991); BabBerachoth 31a and b (ET Shottstein; Art Scroll, 1997); Genesis Rabbah V. 1 and VI. 4-5 (ET Soncino Press, 1938/83), pp. 34-35 and 44-45; Aquinas, 'Commentary on S. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians', Lectures 7 and 8 (ET Aquinas Scripture Series, vol. 1; Albany, 1996); Martin Luther, Lectures on Galatians 1-4 (1535) (in Luther's Works vol. 26, ed. J. Pelikan; St. Louis, 1963), pp. 433-461; Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, Vol. IV: The Action (ET San Francisco, Ignatius, 1994), pp. 45-63, 433-452; D. H. Lawrence, Apocalypse (Penguin, 1961 [precise section to be announced]); Paul Winter, 'Magnificat and Benedictus - Maccabean Psalms' (Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 37, 1954-55), pp. 328-347; Ernesto Cardenal, 'El Evangelio en Solentiname' (2nd ed., Salamanca, 1976 [translation to be made available]); K. Westermann, Genesis 1-11 (ET, Minneapolis, 1984), pp. 120-123, 132-134, 142-147, and Genesis (ET Edinburgh, 1987), pp. 1-13; Allan Boesak, Comfort and Protest: Reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos, Introduction and Ch. 2 (Edinburgh, 1987); J. P. M. Sweet, Revelation (Revised ed. London, 1990 [precise section to be announced]); Francis Watson, Text, Church and Word (Edinburgh, 1994), pp. 140-153; C. Meyers, 'Hannah and her sacrifice: Reclaiming female agency (in A. Brenner, ed, A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings, Sheffield Academic Press, 1994), pp. 93-104; Nikaido, S., 'Hagar and Ishmael as literary figures: An intertextual study' (Vetus Testamentum LI, 2, 2001), pp. 219-241.

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