OT040-812 - Hermeneutics and Genesis 1 to 3
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2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
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12Credit Points
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0.125 EFT
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8AQF level
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Category advanced unitC
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old testamentUnit Discipline
Prerequisites
24cps OT
Exclusions
Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code OT758-4.
Set Text
This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students willA. Know and understand
1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, contemporary hermeneutics with reference to Genesis 1-3
B. Be able to
1. Examine recent scholarship in the theory and practice of biblical interpretation with reference to Genesis 1-3
2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in the interpretation and application of Genesis 1-3
3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on hermeneutical theory and its application to Genesis 1-3
C. Be in a position to
1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Hermeneutics and Genesis 1-3’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner
Content
1) General hermeneutics
- The definition, importance and scope of hermeneutics
- General principles of hermeneutics and their theological rationale
- Pre-critical, critical and ‘post-critical’ exegesis
- Theories of interpretation
- Hermeneutics in ministry
2) Hermeneutics in Genesis 1–3
- Case studies in the interpretation of Genesis 1–3
- Hermeneutical principles in interpreting Genesis 1–3
- The influence of hermeneutical theory and interpretive methodology on the interpretation of Genesis 1–3
- Practical hermeneutics in Genesis 1–3
- Preaching Genesis 1–3 and its use in Christian ministry
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.
Prescribed:
Jeannine Brown, Scripture as Communication, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007
Recommended:
Craig G. Bartholomew, Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics: A Comprehensive Framework for Hearing God in Scripture. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015
J. Todd Billings, The Word of God for the People of God, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010 *
Gerald Bray, Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present, Leicester: Apollos, 1996
Richard Briggs, Words in Action, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2001
–––––––––––– The Virtuous Reader, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010 *
J. Daryl. Charles, (ed)., Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2013.
David G. Firth, and Jamie A. Grant, ed., Words and the Word, Nottingham: Apollos, 2008
John Goldingay, Key Questions About Biblical Interpretation: Old Testament Answers, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011
Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel-Centred Hermeneutics: Biblical-theological foundations and principles. Nottingham: Apollos, 2006 *
Craig S. Keener, Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017 *
Grant Osborne, The Hermeneutical Spiral (2nd ed), Downers Grove: IVP, 2006*
T. Stordalen, Echoes of Eden, Leuven: Peeters, 2000
Anthony Thiselton, Hermeneutics: An Introduction, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009 *
Kevin Vanhoozer, Is there a meaning in this text?, Leicester: Apollos, 1998 *
Classics:
J.L. Austin, How to do Things with Words, Oxford: Clarendon, 1962
John Calvin, Commentary On Genesis, Albany: Ages Software, 1998
Andrew Louth, ed., Genesis 1-11, ACCC I; Downers Grove: IVP, 2001
Phyllis Trible, God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978
Commentaries:
Mark Brett, Genesis: Procreation and the politics of identity, London: Routledge, 2000
Hermann Gunkel, Genesis, Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 1997 (Gmn original, 3rd ed, 1910)
Kenneth Mathews, Genesis 1:1–11:26, Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1996
Laurence Turner, Genesis, Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 2000
John H. Walton, Genesis. NIVAC. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2001. Gordon Wenham, Genesis 1–15, Waco: Word, 1987
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Morling College19/02/202415/03/202407/06/2024On CampusEnquire
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