Prophets (BA3008L)

This class is "blended," meaning that students engage with the learning materials, each other and the lecturer in a variety of ways, synchronous (i.e., real time) and asynchronous (students' own time).

• Synchronous classes are scheduled for period 1 (8:45-10:15am) on Tuesdays and Fridays.
• On campus "in person" students meet in seminar room 2 with distance students joining online via Zoom.

Preparing for classes: This class is organized into several modules, which indicate the topics/tasks, discussion questions, etc. as well as provide extra reading material outside the Bible and textbook or Bible. There are four modules, two preparatory topics and two focused directly on particular books from the Prophetic Corpus

• Module 1: Reading and Studying the Prophets (scholarhip, poetics, prophecy in ancient Near East, OT historical & theological backgrounds, genres of prophetic discourse, hermeneutics, typology)
• Module 2: Book of Isaiah (depth)
• Module 3: Selected Books from the Minor and Major Prophets (breadth)

More information is provided in more detail in ALC's Learning Management System [LMS] called "ARK". The time we spend varies from module to module. Students are expected to track our progress in the modules and come to class prepared for discussion.

Required for all students:

• Lessing, R. Reed, and Andrew E. Steinmann. Prepare the way of the Lord: an introduction to the Old Testament. St Louis, MO: Concordia, 2014.

Required for pastoral studies students and other students with Hebrew:

• Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990.
• Wigram, George V. The Englishman's Hebrew concordance of the Old Testament: coded with Strong's concordance numbers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
• Williams, Roland J. Williams’ Hebrew syntax. 3rd ed: Revised and expanded by John C. Beckman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.

And either:

• Brown, Francis, Samuel Rolles Driver, and Charles Augustus Briggs. The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996.

Or:

• Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner. The Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated by M. E. J. Richardson. Leiden: Brill, 1994-2000.