Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Part IIB, 2010: 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 2010 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 412).

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)
• Genesis 1-4; Psalms 8, 19, 22, 23, 24, 46, 51, 74, 82, 91, 104, 145.

• B. Greek
• James, 1 Peter, and Jude.

• C. Sanskrit
• Kathopanisad 1-2; Gitagovinda 1, 2, 6, 7; Pratayabhijnahrdaya.

• D. Arabic
• This paper will not be available in 2009-10.

Paper C2. Poets, prophets, storytellers, and sages

• Genesis 1-11.

Paper C3. New Testament Christology

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 Papers C3 and C4 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: Church and sacraments.

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.

Paper C7. Topics in the study of religion

• Prescribed topic: social anthropology.

• There are no prescribed texts for Papers C6 and C7, 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.

Paper C9. Islam II

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Sufism.
• B. Islamic philosophy and philosophical theology.

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 Papers C8, C9, and C10.

Paper C11. Metaphysics

Paper C12. Theology and Science

• There are no prescribed texts for Papers C11 and C12, 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.
• This paper will be examined by means of a three-hour examination.

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

• Prescribed topic: Councils in context to ca. 500.



• There are no prescribed texts for Papers D1(b) and D1(c), 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/aquina-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 2009-10.

Paper D1(f). Religion: evolution, brain, and cognition

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

Paper D1(g). Self and salvation in Indian and western thought

• There are no prescribed texts for Papers D1(f) and D1(g), 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 2009-10.

Paper D2(b).This paper will not be available in 2009-10.

Paper D2(c). Jewish and Christian responses to the Holocaust

• There are no prescribed texts for this paper. This paper will be examined by means of a three-hour examination.

Paper D2(d). Judaism and Hellenism

Paper D2(e). Themes in world Christianity

Paper D2(f). Topics in Christian ethics

• Prescribed topics:
• A. Sex and gender.
• B. Bioethics and medical ethics.

Paper D2(g). Sacrifice

• There are no prescribed texts for Papers D2(d), D2(e), D2(f), and D2(g), 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 416)

With effect from 1 October 2009

The Faculty Board of Divinity have amended the supplementary regulations for certain papers so as to read:

Paper B3. Judaism in the Greek and Roman periods

This paper will be concerned with an essential period for our understanding of the formation of Judaism (and of nascent Christianity). It will examine the social, historical, and political contexts in which ancient Jews shaped their identity from the rise, after Persian rule, of Alexander the Great (332 BCE) up to and including the series of Roman revolts that culminated in the one named after Bar-Kokhba (132-5 CE).

Paper D2 (d). Judaism and Hellenism

This paper will be concerned with the interaction between Jewish and Hellenistic traditions from the time of Alexander the Great until the early rabbis. It will examine the conceptual problems of 'Hebraism and Hellenism' through an examination of the literature, history, and religious life of Jews in the period.