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

• explain the enlightenment background of Modern (Schleiermacher and Kant) and so called Post-modern theologies, especially in terms of epistemology in light of
• explain and compare the existential theologies of Bultmann, Barth and Tilich
• analyse the 'ethical modern theologians' evaluate them critically
• evaluate and apply the antithesis expressed in Van Til as opposed to the correlation theology of Berkouwer
• compare the 'historical theologies' of Moltmann and Pannenberg and evaluate them with respect to liberationism
• explain the origins of African liberation theology
• explain the necessity for a Christian apologetic method
• apply the above in a homiletic series addressing a specific ethico-theological point of issue

• give a theological response to the heart of theology: God as our Creator and Sustainer
• answer the question of how we know God by his self-disclosure
• define who man is as created in the image of God and fallen in sin
• understand the person and work of Christ (his two states, two natures and three offices)
• discuss the person and work of the Holy Spirit
• answer the question of what is meant by a "Christian life" with personal application
• discuss the eschatology of the Reformation
• define what the church is and what is understood by the sacraments
• indicate the distinction between the church and the state and define their relationship

* relate these understandings to the Emergence of reformed theology as expressed in KDGE323

• define the concepts Hermeneutics and Exegesis and discuss the relationship between the two
• discuss key moments in the history of the interpretation of the Bible
• discuss the principles of the interpretation of the Bible
• integrate interpretive principles into the exegetics of the OTES and NTES modules
• apply these principles in practice in the preparation of sermons

After completion of this module, students should:

• have insight into the history of dogma and the origin of the ecumenical and Reformed confessions
• understand the background of the writing of the reformed confessions 
•  be able to explain the course of the Reformation of the 16th Century and its effects in Europe and the world into and through the 17th Century

Part 1 - New Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutics
The outcomes are that all students should be able to:-

• identify the points of departure and the methods of Reformed Hermeneutics
• identify and apply the steps of a method of exegesis of the New Testament for Reformed proclamation of the Word
• prepare sermons evidencing sound exegesis and interpretation
  Part 2 - Key New Testament Themes and Literary Context
  After completion of this module, students should be able to:
• explain the the origin, scope and authority of the New Testament Canon
• express the Key themes of the New Testament with a view to a scientific homiletic method
• give an account of the Judaio and Graeco-Roman world of the New Testament, and its effect of on the wider literary context of the New Testament with a view to homiletic application
• apply the above in extenisve series of sermons

After completion of this module the students should be able, within the framework of NTES313, to:

• formulate a scientifically justifiable viewpoint of and a response to denials of the canonics of Paul's epistles
• understand the nature of Paul's call and ministry
• exegete and interpret selected texts from each of these New Testament books
• describe the Pauline soteriology and eschatology in the New Testament
• apply these principles in the preparation of a significant body of homiletic material

Section 1: Interpretation of the writings: poetic and wisdom literature
After completion of this module, students should be able to:

• interpret poetic and wisdom literature
• discuss the origin, background and message of the poetic and wisdom books
• evaluate literary approaches to the Old Testament
• discuss poetry and wisdom in Israel and the Old Near East
• apply this knowledge in the extensive preparation of homiletic material

• compare and evaluate different approaches to the theology of the Old Testament
• discuss the New Testament writer's use of the Old Testament
• define and explain the relationship between the Old and the New Testament
• defend the authority of the Old Testament
  Section 2: The Old Testament and practical ministry
  After completion of this module, students should be able to:
• explain the relationship between Hermeneutics and Exegesis and Preaching
• select texts from the Old Testament and proceed from exegesis to a sermon in an accountable way
• use the Old Testament in pastoral care, catechesis and Bible study
• indicate the importance of the Old Testament in dealing with pertinent issues
• illustrate the significance of the Old Testament for ethical issues
• apply the above in the extensive preparation of homiletic material

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

• trace the major philosophies from Platonism to Post-modernism, building on WSTL221
• express the influence of philosophical worldviews on the Church and Christian thought
• trace the philosophical influences on major Christian theologians
• reflect on the major influences on Christian epistemology and thinking in our context
• integrate these insights in preparation for DOGM311