OT015-712 - Exilic Prophecy (Hebrew)

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

LA004-612

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6; OT002-512, OT002-712 or OT003-512, OT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT433. Unit exclusions: OT014-512, OT014-612, OT014-712, OT014-812, This unit cannot be taken with the Isaiah option if OT022-612, OT022-712, OT022-812/OT023-612, OT023-712, OT023-812 has been successfully completed.

Set Text Hebrew

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses, and the original language set text requirement of the Master of Divinity.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the contents, themes and character of the Exilic Prophets in the Hebrew text

B. Be able to

1. Critically Analyse the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding the Exilic Prophets

2. Discuss various perspectives regarding the themes and theological teachings of the Exilic Prophets

3. Translate and Exegete selected chapters of the Hebrew text of the Exilic Prophets

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of the Exilic Prophets to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

  1. Exilic prophecy, with special reference to the theology of either the book of Ezekiel, or Isaiah 40–55 or Jeremiah
  2. Translation and exegesis of the Hebrew text of either Ezekiel 2–5, 36–37 or Isaiah 40, 45, 50, 52–55 or Jeremiah 1, 6–7, 20, 30–31 (or comparable passages).

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Theological Themes and Traditions

Recommended:

Albertz, R., The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. (Leiden: Brill, 2004).

Blenkinsopp, J., A History of Prophecy in Israel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996).

Dumbrell, W. J., The Search for Order (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994).

Grabbe, L. L., Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period: Belief and Practice from the Exile to Yavneh (London: Routledge, 2000).

Janowski, B., and P. Stuhlmacher (eds), The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Mein, A., Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile (Oxford: OUP, 2001).

Murphy, F. J., Early Judaism: The Exile to the Time of Jesus (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002).

Scott, J. M. (ed.), Exile: Old Testament, Jewish and Christian Conceptions (Leiden: Brill, 1997).

Williamson, H. G. M., The Book Called Isaiah (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994).

 

Classic:

Seitz, C., Theology in Conflict: Reactions to the Book of Jeremiah (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1989).

 

Commentaries:

Block, D. I., The Book of Ezekiel 1-24 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997).

Block, D. I., The Book of Ezekiel 25-48 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).

Childs, B. S., Isaiah (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000).

Darr, K. P., ‘Ezekiel’ in The New Interpreter’s Bible (Vol.6, Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).

Greenberg, M., Ezekiel 1-20 and 21-37 (New York: Doubleday, 1983, 1997).

Hanson, P. D., Isaiah 40–66 (Louisville: John Knox, 1995).

Motyer, A., The Prophecy of Isaiah (Leicester: IVP, 1993).

Odell, M. S., Ezekiel (Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2005).

Seitz, C. R., “Isaiah 40-66” in The New Interpreter’s Bible (Vol. VI; Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).

Wright, C. J. H., The Message of Ezekiel (Leicester: Inter-Varsity, 2001).

Zimmerli, W., Ezekiel 1 (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979).

Zimmerli, W., Ezekiel 2 (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983).

 

For Recommended Readings relevant to the book of Jeremiah, see OT024; and for the book of Isaiah see OT022.

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