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Bachelor of Theology for Ministry, 1999: Special subjects and prescribed texts

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice that they have amended their announcement of special subjects and prescribed texts for the examinations in 1999 leading to the degree of Bachelor of Theology for Ministry (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 420; see Reporter, 1997-98, p. 776). The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate's preparation for the examinations in 1999 is adversely affected by this late announcement.

The subjects and texts prescribed for the examinations in 1999 are now as follows:

Paper 1. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

2 Samuel 9-12

Paper 2. Elementary Hebrew

Genesis 37 and 40-45

Paper 3. Introduction to New Testament Greek

John 1-5

Paper 4. New Testament Greek

Mark 9.1-16.8

Paper 6. Introduction to the New Testament

Matthew 5.17-20; Mark 8.27-9.1; Luke 4.14-21; John 16.1-11; Galatians 3.6-14; Philippians 2.5-11; 1 Timothy 2.8-15

Paper 11. Further Old Testament studies

Genesis 1-11; Judges; Job; Psalms; Isaiah 1-39; Haggai and Zechariah 1-8

Paper 12. Further New Testament studies

Mark; Romans

Paper 17. Foundations for ethics

Medical, sexual, ecological, business, and conflict ethics

Paper 20. Special subject in New Testament theology

The Resurrection of Christ

Paper 22. Special subject in contemporary theology

Liberation theology, to include discussion of issues of class, race, and gender. Specified theologians: Allan Boesak, James Cone, Gustavo Gutierrez, Jurgen Moltmann, and Rosemary Radford Ruether

Paper 25. Applied ethics

Medical, sexual, ecological, business, and conflict ethics

Paper 28. Special subject in Biblical interpretation

Feminist perspectives in Biblical interpretation

Paper 35. Calvin

J. Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (ed. J. T. McNeil and tr. F. L. Battles, Vol. XX, Library of Christian Classics, Philadelphia, 1960), Book IV, ch. 1-3 and 14-15

Paper 37. Church and sacraments

Theology of the Eucharist

Paper 42. Special subject in the study of religions

Problems of suffering in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Cambridge University Reporter, 21 April 1999
Copyright © 1999 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.