Content

This unit will engage selected books from the Prophets, exploring issues of audience and background, canonical context, theology, genre, literary devices, major themes and pastoral/contemporary application.

Unit code: BA9208L

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Old Testament

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Analyse the forms of prophetic literature and their distinctive features

2.

Examine selected prophets with respect to their contexts, central theological messages, canonical significance, New Testament trajectories

3.

Critically analyse the relevance of Prophetic texts and themes for the church and world today

4.

Demonstrate exegetical skills in the analysis of prophetic texts; for students with Hebrew this includes but is not limited to an ability to function readily with the Hebrew language

5.

Synthesise key theological messages of a pericope in the Prophets and defend the synthesis through rigorous exegetical analysis

Unit sequence

Prerequisites BA8001L Introduction to the Old Testament or equivalent Previous units in Hebrew are desirable Prohibited combinations: BA2008L Prophets / BA3008L Prophets

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials, class presentations

Indicative Bibliography

  • Berlin, Adele. The dynamics of biblical parallelism. Rev. and expanded ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.
  • Brueggemann, Walter. The prophetic imagination. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Fortress. 2001.
  • ———. Reality, grief, hope: three urgent prophetic tasks. Grand Rapids, Michigan William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.
  • Kitchen, Kenneth A. On the reliability of the Old Testament. Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2003.
  • Lessing, R. Reed. Isaiah 56–66. Concordia Commentary Series. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 2014.
  • ———. Isaiah 40–55. Concordia Commentary Series. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 2011
  • Lessing, R. Reed, and Andrew E. Steinmann. Prepare the way of the Lord: an introduction to the Old Testament. St Louis, MO: Concordia, 2014.
  • Longman III, Tremper, and Raymond B. Dillard. An introduction to the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.
  • Petersen, David L., and Kent Harold Richards. Interpreting Hebrew poetry. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1992.
  • Seitz, Christopher R. Isaiah 1-39. Interpretation: a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press. 1993

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Exegetical Essay

Exegetical essay 6000 words Category A (Hebrew) Category B (non-Hebrew) 6000 words

6000 60.0
Essay

Essay 1500 words (on a prophetic theme)

1500 30.0
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

Tutorial paper 500 words (on a prophetic theme )

500 10.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 27 Sep, 2019

Unit record last updated: 2020-09-04 19:31:01 +1000