Completing the course will give the candidates the following learning outcome, sectioned into knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has specialized knowledge on exegetical theory and practice, with particular focus on questions and challenges relating to translation

• has specialized knowledge on reception theory and practice, with particular focus on the reception potentials of language and culture and the interpretive strategies of the reading communities

Skills

The student

• is able to reflect professionally in relation to theories about and practices of handling source and target texts

• is able to participate in current scholarly discourses on Bible translation theory

General Competence

The student

• can analyze relevant professional and research ethical questions related to applying theories and models of biblical and translation studies

• is able to transfer the knowledge and skills of this field to new professional areas and research fields

• is able to communicate with specialists as well as non-specialists about questions and challenges of the field

Course description

Applied perspectives

MATRS5330