| CODE | SHG3891 | ||||||
| TITLE | Synoptic Study-unit 2 | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit seeks to guide students in the final year of the course in their quest for a comprehensive and integrated approach to the deeper underpinnings of biblical studies. The focus of this synoptic study-unit is mainly the more exegetical aspects of the Bible as analysed through the original languages of Hebrew and Greek. Students will be able to employ the various methods and approaches to analyse texts, paying attention to the different types of genres, the dating of texts, and Biblical contexts. They will learn to apprecaite the difference between the author's intentions and later contemporary readings made possible through the application of different questions to the texts. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims at aiding students to arrive at a more thorough and careful analysis of Biblical texts through an appreciation of the different methods, approaches, and exegetical tools available to the Biblical scholar. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - read and understand a Biblical text in its original languages; - break up a text into different pericopes or sections; - distinguish between the author's intentions and other possible readings of a text; - comment on the general setting and meaning of a text; - articulate the main theological notions behind redactors' choices. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply the historical-critical method to Scriptural texts; - judge the reasons behind the author's choices; - illustrate how different approaches would render different readings of a text; - rate the validity of certain Biblical translations; - debate on the tension between a literal/fundamentalist reading of the Bible and a non-fundamentalist approach. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Waltke K. Bruce, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach (Zondervan, 2007). - Soulen, Richard N, and R. Kendall Soulen. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. - Kaltner, John, and Steven L. McKenzie, eds. New Meanings for Ancient Texts : Recent Approaches to Biblical Criticisms and Their Applications. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2013. - Gorman Michael J., Elements of biblical exegesis. A basic guide for students and ministers, Peabody/MA 2002. - Schertz Mary H. - Yoder Perry B., Seeing the text. Exegesis for students of Greek and Hebrew, Nashville/TN 2001. - Various, 鈥淰ersions, English,鈥� in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David N. Freedman, vol. 6, New York: Doubleday 1992, 816-838. Supplementary Readings: - EBELING, Jennie R.E., Women's Lives in Biblical Times, London: T&T Clark (2010). - Kennedy, George A. New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984. - Ko虉stenbergerAndreas J., and Richard D. Patterson. Invitation to Biblical Interpretation : Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Academic, 2021. - Perdue, Leo G. 鈥淪ages, Scribes, and Seers in Israel and the Ancient near East: An Introduction.鈥� In Scribes, Sages, and Seers. The Sage in the Eastern Mediterranean World, edited by Leo G. Perdue. Go虉ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008. - Hartill, J. Edwin. Principles of Biblical Hermeneutics. 1947. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, n.d. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: All the study-units of the whole course (except SHG4890 Synoptic Study-unit II) and SHG4999 Dissertation | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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