Title of Essay The Challenge of Hearing the New Testament with additional focus on Rhetorical Criticism Commentary: Just didn’t get there with this one. Only 75% and really deserved to not get a Distinction. I have started a new and quite challenging job and I just have been behind the 8 ball all semester. Not connecting the way I would like. Introduction In Misreading Scripture with...
Title of Essay Compare and contrast the portrait of Pilate that emerges in the Gospels with that found in Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 18.55-64 (18.3.1-3); and, The Jewish Wars, 2.169-177 (2.9.2-4). What implications would you draw about the reliability of the Gospels? Commentary: This was a fun brief analysis of a primary document against the gospels. In this case comparing the writings...
Title of the Assignment Outline an account of how philosophy can relate positively to theology, and appropriately support theological reasoning and application. Illustrate your account with a selection of relevant examples from the history of philosophy’s interaction with theology. Commentary This is the third essay of the three 1000 word assignments from the Take Home Exam I did for Philosophy...
Title of the Assignment If John Stuart Mill and Georg Hegel were both to answer the question “What makes a good society?”, which one in your view would give the best reply? Give reasons for your choice from a Christian perspective Commentary This was part of my Take Home Exam – have a read of my commentary in the article called Ockham and Aquinas. It was three 1000 word essays to be written...
Title of the Assignment Compare and contrast the approaches offered regarding human knowledge by Aquinas and Ockham. Commentary This one was a bit of a tough one. Everyone thinks that an “open book exam” is easy, but markers will naturally approach an open book exam with a more critical eye simply because you are expected to use your access to the text to provide a better quality...
Title of the Assignment An interaction with a philosophical document from the early modern/modern periods with significance for the relationship between Christianity and a major philosophical issue. Summarise the key ideas of the document below, and outline what contribution (or questions) it makes/raises for the relationship between Christianity and the philosophical perspective or issue...
So I recently decided to evalute some software for use with my studies and it came down to a choice. The choice was between Accordance, Logos and eSword. So, I don’t really enjoy the choice that comes with birthdays – generally I just get what I need when I want it (after discussing it with my wife if the cost is higher than incidental spending). Given that my birthday is soon, my...
Title of the Assignment An interaction with a philosophical document from the ancient/medieval periods with significance for the relationship between Christianity and a major philosophical issue. Summarise the key ideas of one of the documents below, and outline what contribution (or questions) it makes/raises for the relationship between Christianity and the philosophical perspective or issue...
Commentary I got a distinction for this exam answer (84%). I can’t recall the question but it related to the transition from the Judges to the Kings and Yahweh’s role as ultimate king. The significant issue that you will note at the end of the assessment is my horrendous time management – I just messed up how long I have and wrote the last sentence as the clock ran down with...
Commentary I haven’t kept the questions for these exams, so the titles will be just covering the broad subject area. I got a distinction for this exam answer (80%). All in all, I was pretty happy with my work on this one. I’ll repeat my comment on my mark on all of these exam responses. I include my marks because they are an important indicator of the quality of the answer for your...