OT029-812 - Post-Exilic Prophecy (Hebrew)

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  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • old testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

LA004-612

Corequisites

OT002-512, OT002-712 or OT003-512, OT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT644. Unit exclusions: OT030-612, OT030-712, OT030-812

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 Advanced knowledge and understanding of the contents, themes and character of the Post-exilic Prophets in the Hebrew text

B. Be able to

1. Examine the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding the Exilic Prophets

2. Evaluate alternative interpretations of the themes, arguments and theological teachings of the Exilic Prophets

3. Translate and Exegete selected chapters of the Hebrew text of the Post-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.      Post-exilic prophecy with special reference to the theology of the books of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

2.      Translation and exegesis of the Hebrew text of Zechariah 1–6, 13–14 (or comparable passages form Zechariah, Haggai and Malachi)

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.

 

Boda, M. J., Zechariah (NICOT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015).

Coggins, R. J., Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987).

Curtis, B. G., Up the Steep and Stony Road: The Book of Zechariah in Social Location Trajectory Analysis (Academia Biblica 25, Atlanta: SBL, 2006).

Floyd, M. H., Minor Prophets: Part 2 (FOTL 22; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

Hill, A. E., Malachi: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998).

Meadowcroft, T., Haggai (Readings: A New Biblical Commentary; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006).

Meyers, C. L. and E. M. Meyers, Haggai, Zechariah 1–8: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (New York: Doubleday, 1987).

Meyers, C. L. and E. M. Meyers, Zechariah 9–14: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (New York: Doubleday, 1993).

Petterson, A. R., Haggai, Zechariah & Malachi (AOTC 25; Nottingham: IVP, 2015).

Taylor, R. A., and E. R. Clendenen, Haggai, Malachi (NAC 21A; Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2004).

Wenzel, H., Reading Zechariah with Zechariah 1:1-6 as the Introduction to the Entire Book (CBET 59; Leuven: Peeters, 2011).

Wolters, A., Zechariah (HCOT; Leuven: Peeters, 2014).

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