Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Part IIB, 2008: Special subjects and prescribed texts

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice that they have selected the following special subjects and prescribed texts for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Part IIB, in 2008 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 388).

Paper A1. Scriptural languages and texts

• See special subject for Part I.

Paper B1. Intermediate language and texts

• See special subject for Part IIA.

Paper C1. Advanced languages and texts

• A. Hebrew III (Advanced texts)
• Isaiah 1-7; Psalms 8, 19, 22, 23, 24, 46, 51, 74, 82, 91, 104, 145.
   
• B. Greek
• Romans 5-8; Revelation 4-7; Exodus 20; Psalm 118 (LXX 117); Isaiah 61.
   
• C. Sanskrit
• Kathopanisad 1-2; Gitagovinda 1, 2, 6, 7; Pratayabhijnahrdaya.
   
• D. Arabic
• The Qur'an, Suras LV, LXXV, LXXVI, LXXXI; Rashid Rida, Tafsir al-Manar (Cairo, 3rd ed. 1367 AH), 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, IQ9 (1965), 78-94; Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ma'alim usul al-din (Beirut, 1404/1984), pp. 39-52.

Paper C2. Poets, prophets, storytellers, and sages

• Genesis 1-11.

Paper C3. New Testament Christology

There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper C4. Religion, power, and political society

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Church and empire in late antiquity
• B. The Churches and the State in Europe, 1846-1945
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper C5. Study of theology II

• Prescribed topic: Jesus Christ in theology since 1918.
• Hans Urs von Balthasar, 'Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory Vol. III: Dramatis Personae: Persons in Christ' (San Francisco 1992), pp. 149-202; Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics Vol. IV.1 (Edinburgh 1956) pp. 157-357; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christology (London 1966); Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics. Dietrich Bonhoeffer works, Vol. 6 (Minneapolis 2005) pp. 47-75, 146-170; 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 & Mike Higton (eds), Jesus (Oxford 2002) pp. 443-462, 496-509; 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 Postscript' in Arius (London 1987, 2002); Rowan Williams, 'Trinity and Revelation' in On Christian Theology (Oxford 2000) pp. 131-147.

Paper C6. Disputed questions in the Christian tradition

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Doctrine of God
• B. Doctrine of the Trinity
• C. Incarnation
• D. Salvation and sanctification
• E. Faith and rationality
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper C7. Topics in the study of religion

Prescribed topic: The social anthropology of religion. There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper C8. Judaism II

• Prescribed topics:
• A. The Holy Land
• B. The theory and practice of Jewish law
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper.

Paper C9. Islam II

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Sufism
• B. Islamic philosophy and philosophical theology
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper.

Paper C10. Hinduism and Buddhism II

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Traditional Vedanta and 'Neo-Vedanta'
• B. Being and causality in Mahayana
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper.

Paper C11. Metaphysics

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper C12. Theology and science

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D1(a). Old Testament

• Exodus. This paper will be examined by means of a three-hour examination.

Paper D1(b). New Testament ethics

• Prescribed topic: New Testament ethics.
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D1(c). A topic in the history of Christianity

• Prescribed topic: Councils in context.
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D1(d). The doctrine of God

• Prescribed topic: God and creation in three traditions.
• Aquinas, St. Thomas, Summa Theologiae. (1967) Blackfriars edition, Vol. VIII. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ia.44-46, (pp. 4-89). Aquinas - The Eternity of the World (available at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/aquinas-eternity.html). Avicenna, trans M. E. Marmura (2005). The metaphysics of The healing : a parallel English-Arabic text. Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University Press, Book 8 (pp. 257-299). Al Ghazali, trans. M. E. Marmura, (1997). The Incoherence of the Philosophers. Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University Press, Part I, 3rd to 5th discussions (pp. 56-97). Maimonides, Moses, S. Pines, et al. (1963). The guide of the perplexed. [Chicago], University of Chicago Press. Vol. I. Chs 17-29 (pp. 42-63), Ch. 50-64 (pp. 111-157). Philo of Alexandria, ed. Runia, D. T. (2001). On the Creation of the Cosmos According to Moses. Atlanta, SBL. pp. 47-93 (text) pp. 98-162 (commentary).

Paper D1(e). This paper will not be available in 2007-08. Paper D1(f). This paper will not be available in 2007-08. Paper D1(g). The self and salvation in Indian and Western thought.

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D2(a). This paper will not be available in 2007-08. Paper D2(b). This paper will not be available in 2007-08. Paper D2(c). Jewish and Christian responses to the Holocaust

• There are no prescribed texts for this subject.

Paper D2(d). Judaism and Hellenism

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D2(e). Themes in world Christianity

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.

Paper D2(f). Topics in Christian ethics

• Prescribed topic: The history of Christian moral theology as exemplified in treatments of celibacy, sexual relations, friendship, and the family.
• There are no prescribed texts for this paper but a list of recommended readings will be available in the Faculty Library and on the Faculty website from the end of full Easter Term.