Module Level
8
Time Allowance
4 hours on campus lectures during the weekend residentials (divided between 2 weekends) 6 hours live on-line lectures on Wednesday evening, 6 hours of self-directed learning, Assignment – 15 hours, Private Study – 24 hours.
Assessment
Exam
Module Aims
• The Abraham Story: Call, Covenant and Akedah
• The Moses Story 1: Call, Revelation of the Divine Name and Passover
• The Moses Story 2: Exodus, Decalogue and Covenant
• The David Story: Anointing, Covenant, Sin and Forgiveness
• The Prophetic Legacy 1: Amos and Justice
• The Prophetic Legacy 2: Isaiah and Hopes for the Davidic Line
• The Prophetic Legacy 3: Jeremiah and the Fall of Jerusalem
• The Genesis Creation Stories: Cosmos, Earth, and Humanity
Bibliography
- — Boadt, L, Reading the Old Testament, New York: Paulist, 1984, [220,61 BOA]
- — Coogan, Michael D., ed., The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version: with the Apocrypha: ecumenical study Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. [Ebook]
- — Collins, JJ, A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998. [221.6 COL]
- — Metzger, B. M., and M. D. Coogan, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [Ebook]
- — Brettler, Marc Zvi, How to Read the Jewish Bible. Oxford: OUP, 2007. [221.61 BRE]
- — Barton, John, The Bible: The Basics. New York: Routledge, 2010. [Ebook]