David Dault
- Instructor
This is an online resource for students participating in the class.
Study Guide for Mid-Term exam
- NEW - posted 2.22.05
TEXTS FOR THE CLASS:
Martin Jaffee,
Early Judaism
(Currently out of print - I will have them available to buy the first day of class)
A
Bible,
your choice of version or translation (but no paraphrase Bibles, please!)
The online texts as listed below, to be printed by you
Handouts distributed in class
It is expected that you will have assigned texts read before class, as we will discuss them on the day shown
Some tips on reading academic texts
To print the online texts
I would recommend going to the 'File' menu and selecting 'Print Preview' - you should then see the text laid out properly for standard paper. Look to make sure words aren't being cut off on the edges in the preview. From there you can press 'Print' and all should be well. If cut-offs are happening you will need to find out how to adjust that particular machine's settings, or another option would be to 'Select all' in the edit menu, and copy and paste the text into a Word document and print from there.
Week 1
Introductory remarks
Review of Course Materials
Isrealite Religion, the Hebrew Bible, and Old Testament Theologies
Week 2
read
Jaffee pp 1 - 91
read
Isaiah 1 - 17
lecture:
Exile and the development of Canonical Scripture
Week 3
read
Jaffee pp 92 - 163
read
Nehemiah
lecture:
Many voices in one text - the interpretive traditions of Judaism
Week 4
read
Jaffee pp 164 - 248
read
Amos
lecture:
Judaism and "Israelite Religion": Julius Wellhausen and the Documentary Source Hypothesis
Week 5
read
Ezekiel
lecture:
Karl Barth and the revivial of "theological reading" of Scripture
Week 6
read
Deuteronomy
lecture:
"Theological History": Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth
Week 7
read
Exodus
lecture:
The Centrality of Covenant: Walther Eichrodt, pt. 1
EXAM REVIEW
Week 8 - MID TERM EXAM
Midterm
Week 9 - SPRING BREAK
Week 10
read
2 Chronicles
lecture:
The Centrality of Covenant: Walther Eichrodt, pt. 2
Week 11 - GNL LECTURES
Your attendance is expected at the lectures
Happy Easter
Week 12
lecture:
Form Criticism and the Hexateuch - Gerhard von Rad, pt. 1
Week 13
lecture:
Wisdom and the Critical Project - Gerhard von Rad pt. 2
Week 14 - SENIOR EXAM WEEK
lecture:
Language, Semantics and Canon - Ricouer, Barr and Childs
Week 15
lecture:
The contemporary scene of Old Testament Theologies: Brueggemann and beyond
Final Things
Exam Review
Week 16 - FINAL EXAM FOR EVENING CLASS
Exam
For Further Reading
- If you want to continue thinking about the issues raised in this course, the following books may be helpful to you
(these are NOT REQUIRED for the course):
Walter Brueggemann,
Theology of the Old Testament
(Fortress Press, 1997)
Walther Eichrodt,
Theology of the Old Testament, volumes I & II
(The Westminster Press)
Gerhard von Rad,
Old Testament Theology
(Harper and Row)