After completion of this module, students should have:

• insight into the uniqueness of Christian ethics; in sanctification and the ethical justification of behaviour
• a good understanding of the Ten Commandments; their foundational role in Biblical-theological ethics and their ethical implications for our contemporary South African Church and society
• special knowledge of the Theological Ethics of the first table of the Law 
•  acquaintance with other proposed Christian ethical models

• understand the Biblical imperative for Church and Dogma History
• comprehend the unique perspective of Reformation Church History
• be conversant with the basic periodisation of Church and Dogma history 
•  have an overview of general church and dogma history.

• present assignment papers etc. in the academic style - Chicago Manual / Turabian
• recognise their own specific learning style & responsibly apply techniques to their own cognitive processes
• be familiar with note taking methods (analytical; mind mapping etc.)
• perform bibliographic searches
• be able to access and evaluate materials (electronically in tandem with RINL113.)
• be able to function within a group so as to enhance the learning experience of fellow students
• evidence the ability to prioritise task scheduling in a balanced learning lifestyle

• be able to personally express the unique nature and Scriptural authority of the New Testament
• be able to express the place of New Testament revelation in Biblical Theology and the Historia Salutis, especially in respect of the Old Testament
• be familiar with the origin of the New Testament and the Lord's preservation of its text in history
• be able to define the main literary forms and genres in the New Testament
• be able to explain the structure of the New Testament books according to literary forms
• have an overview of the history described in the New Testament
• have a good basic knowledge of the geographic location of New Testament place names
• have a frame of reference on the cultural and social context of the New Testament.

• a thorough acquaintance with the place of the Gospels and Acts in both the Historia salutis and the Historia revelatus
• understanding of the genres within the Gospels and Acts
• understanding of the recording of the various phases of the ministry of Jesus Christ, both in his humiliation and exultation
• insight into the Gospel as a genre
• an overview of the public appearance of Jesus Christ. Section 2: The Synoptic Gospels and Acts After completion of this module, students should be:
• conversant with the content of the Synoptic Gospels and Acts
• able to discuss the Synoptic issue
• familiar with the teaching of the Lord Jesus with respect to the 'Kingdom of God' and its application to the ministry of the apostles in Acts
• able to exegete selected texts from the synoptics and Acts, and explain their hermeneutic
• be familiar with the sub-genres within the synoptics, especially the parabolic preaching of Jesus
• able to apply the above homiletically

• explain the place of the Old Testament in the Bible and Biblical Theology
• discuss the History and the Origin of the Old Testament
• define the concept of the Canon of the Old Testament
• explain the literary types, divisions and arrangement of the books in the Old Testament
• describe the main themes of the Old Testament
• understand the geography of Palestine and the ANE as it pertains to OT studies
• give an overview of the history of Israel, as described in the Old Testament.

• express clearly the role of the Old Testament in Biblical Theology
• evaluate the principles and methods of Old Testament hermeneutics and literary theory
• exegete sections of the Old Testament, giving account of the methodology employed
• demonstrate familiarity with the fundamentals of Old Testament text criticism Section 2: The Pentateuch After completion of this module, students should be able to:
• show a good knowledge of the content of the Pentateuch
• discuss the origin, background and message of the Pentateuch as a whole and of the individual books
• explain the literary divisions and origin of the Pentateuch
• relate the Books of Moses to their historical and literary origins and immediate setting in the 2nd Millenium B.C., especially in light of archaeology
• exegete and interpret the narratives and the positive and the moral Law sections

• define the nature of the pastoral task and its various parts
• define biblical counselling in relation to the other pastoral disciplines
• briefly describe what biblical counselling should comprise
• briefly describe various contemporary approaches to counselling
• justify their own choice of a counselling 'model'
• provide introductory biblical counselling to fellow believers
• apply the above in practical course work, responding to pastoral case studies

Introduction to electronic and library information, research and computer literacy
After completion of this module, students should be able to:

• describe the scholarly research process in terms of bibliographical and electronic media
• use a computer to access the internet and find specific information of theological import
• evaluate and critically assess theological disputation published on the internet, in tandem with LEER113
• manage information acquired by evaluating sources
• define the parameters of a research task
• use Word Processing and Spreadsheet software with an acceptable degree of competence

• read out the Hebrew text of the Old Testament with various aids
• show familiarity with basic morphology and syntax
• reproduce all the regular forms of strong verbs and nouns
• identify the formal relationships (syntactic functions) between the elements of a simple sentence
• identify the logical relationships (semantic functions) between the elements of a simple sentence
• use a basic vocabulary of 180 words which occur regularly in the Old Testament
• use the Hebrew Bible, a dictionary and a reference grammar as well as other printed or electronic analytical aids
• indicate the difference between literal and idiomatic translations
• evaluate existing translations
• do independent translation by means of the above-mentioned aids.

After completion of this module, students should be able to:

• define true scientific thinking as it applies to theology
• understand the concept of Christian science and its application to Theology as a whole
• express the unique principium of Theology in the Doctrine of Scripture
• define clearly the first principles, parameters, methods and challenges of Theology as a science
• understand and describe the hermeneutical principles at work in forming various theological systems - Reformed, Dispensational, Charismatic, etc.
• determine and understand the characteristics of Reformed theology
• describe the theological encyclopaedia and the relationship of the various disciplines of theology

• become thoroughly familiar with the features of English Grammar as the receptor language, especially linguistic idioms
• grasped the essentials of Hellenistic Greek as set out in Chapters 25-42 of Wenham's Elements of New Testament Greek
• have translated 1 John 3-5 with Baugh's A First John Reader, and other lexical aids
• be capable of explaining pertinent aspects of grammar, syntax and semantics and their relevance to translation, especially of basic unseen passages in the New Testament and Septuagint
• be familiar with basic principle of linguistics as they apply to the study of New Testament Greek

• reproduce the forms of all strong and weak verbs in Biblical Hebrew
• recognise, analyse and translate (by means of a dictionary, if necessary) all strong, weak, doubly weak and irregular verbs
• reproduce the forms of all strong, regular nouns
• recognise, analyse and translate the forms of all regular and irregular nouns and other words
• analyse the form of each word in Jonah 1-4, and translate them literally
• identify the syntactic and semantic function of each word or word group in Jonah 1-4
• translate all the sentences in Jonah 1-4 idiomatically
• read the historical books of the Old Testament in Hebrew by means of a dictionary and reference grammar.