UMS : Unit: BA3008L

Content

This unit is designed to equip students as competent exegetes of pericopes drawn from the Major and Minor Prophets. The unit includes an initial focus on matters that inform the exegetical task including, for example, the character of prophecy in Israel and the ancient Near East, hermeneutical assumptions and their significance, major scholarly trends and critical approaches, the challenges of genre-analysis, and character/features of poetry and poetic oracles. Students then explore the literary and theological character of the Book of Isaiah in depth and several other selected prophetic books for breadth, examining their major themes and theological messages, literary/canonical contexts, and pastoral/contemporary application.

Unit code: BA3008L

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Old Testament

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.	Demonstrate exegetical skills in the interpretation of biblical texts giving due attention to historical, literary, theological and pastoral/applicatory concerns; for students with Hebrew this includes but is not limited to an ability to function readily with the Hebrew language; for students without Hebrew this includes an ability to critically compare translations
2.	Identify genres of prophetic literature and their distinctive features
3.	Detail the setting which selected prophets addressed, their central messages, canonical significance and New Testament trajectories, and the relevance of their prophetic ministry for church and world today
4.	Articulate a key theological message of a pericope in the Prophets and defend and demonstrate it through rigorous exegetical analysis

Unit sequence

Course relationship: A level 3 unit in undergraduate theology and ministry courses

Prerequisites: 18 points in the discipline of Old Testament

Pedagogy

This unit employs both flipped classroom approaches and interactive lecture as appropriate, including seminar-style discussion of guided readings, student and instructor-led group analysis of texts, and student presentations.

Indicative Bibliography

Berlin, Adele. The dynamics of biblical parallelism. Rev. and expanded ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.
Brueggemann, Walter. The prophetic imagination. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 2001.
Goldingay, John. The message of Isaiah 40–55: a literary and theological commentary. New York: T&T Clark, 2005.
Hoyt, Joanna M. Amos, Jonah, and Micah. Evangelical Exegetical Commentary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2019.
Lessing, R. Reed. Isaiah 40–55. Concordia Commentary Series. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011.
Lessing, R. Reed, and Andrew E. Steinmann. Prepare the way of the Lord: an introduction to the Old Testament. St Louis, MO: Concordia, 2014.
Petersen, David L., and Kent Harold Richards. Interpreting Hebrew poetry. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1992.
Seitz, Christopher R. Isaiah 1-39. Interpretation: a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1993.
Witherington III, Ben. Jesus the seer: The progress of prophecy. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999.

Assessment

Type	Description	Word count	Weight (%)
Essay	Essay (including tutorial paper) on a prophetic theme	1500	40.0
Exegetical Essay	Exegetical essay on a pericope from the Prophets	3500	60.0

Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 3 Sep, 2021

Unit record last updated: 2021-09-03 16:07:15 +1000