| CODE | SHG2160 | ||||||
| TITLE | Pentateuch and Historical Books | ||||||
| LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Pre-requisite: Foundations of Theology The study-unit opens with the examination of the place of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books in the Jewish and Christian canons. After a brief presentation of the history of the study of the formation of the Pentateuch, we will study the main sections of the Pentateuch: the beginning time (Gen. 1-11), the story of the ancestors of Israel (Gen. 12-50), the exodus from Egypt and the wilderness wandering (Exodus-Leviticus-Numbers), the Sinai covenant and the Law (Exodus-Leviticus-Numbers), and the book of Deuteronomy. Then follows an introduction to the "Deuteronomic History" (Joshua - 2 Kings). Reading List:- BLENKINSOPP J., The Pentateuch. An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible, London 1992. - BROADT L., Reading the Old Testament. An Introduction, Mahwah/NJ 1984. - JAGERSMA H., A History of Israel to Bar Kochba, London1994). - WHYBRAY R. N., Introduction to the Pentateuch. Grand Rapids/MI 1995. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Ciappara |
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