Content

This unit will engage selected books from the Prophets, exploring issues of audience and background, canonical context, theology, genre, literary devices, major themes and pastoral/contemporary application.

Unit code: BA9008L (Approved)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Old Testament

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Analyse the forms of prophetic literature and their distinctive features

2.

Examine selected prophets with respect to their contexts, central theological messages, canonical significance, New Testament trajectories

3.

Critically analyse the relevance of Prophetic texts and themes for the church and world today

4.

Demonstrate exegetical skills in the analysis of prophetic texts; for students with Hebrew this includes but is not limited to an ability to function readily with the Hebrew language

5.

Synthesise key theological messages of a pericope in the Prophets and defend the synthesis through rigorous exegetical analysis

Unit sequence

A level 9 unit in postgraduate theology, ministry and education courses

Prerequisites: BA8001L Introduction to the Old Testament or equivalent

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: Fortress, 2001.
  • ———. Reality, grief, hope: three urgent prophetic tasks. Grand Rapids, Michigan William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.
  • Kitchen, Kenneth A. On the reliability of the Old Testament. Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2003.
  • Lessing, R. Reed. Isaiah 56–66. Concordia Commentary Series. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2014.
  • ———. 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.
  • Longman III, Tremper, and Raymond B. Dillard. An introduction to the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.
  • 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.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Essay (including tutorial paper) on a prophetic theme

1500 40.0
Exegetical Essay

Exegesis of a pericope from the Prophets

6000 60.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 4 Sep, 2020

Unit record last updated: 2020-09-04 19:31:01 +1000