Old Testament Themes

Old Testament Themes

Course documents and supplementary readings.

Summer reading list for New Testament Themes class which begins September 10/11, 2013

For class on May 14, 2013 (Tuesday)

Articles in Reverberations:

Decalogue; Ethics; The Fall; Forgiveness; Redemption; Repentance; Sin.

For class on May 15, 2013 (Wednesday)

Outline of Brueggemann's Old Testament Theology (now uploaded!)

Review of topics and issues of significance to the students.

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For class on May 7, 2013 (Tuesday)

Articles in Reverberations:

Asherah; Baal; Canaanites; Fertility Religion; Herem; High Places; Jezebel.

For class on May 9, 2013 (Wednesday)

Articles in Reverberations:

Decalogue; Ethics; The Fall; Forgiveness; Redemption; Repentance; Sin.

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For class on April 30, 2013 (Tuesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 17.

Articles in Reverberations:

Deuteronomic Theology; Reform of Hezekiah; Reform of Josiah;

Scribes; Huldah.

For class on May 1, 2013 (Wednesday)

Articles in Reverberations:

Asherah; Baal; Canaanites; Fertility Religion; Herem; High Places.

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For class on April 23, 2013 (Tuesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 16, page 359 through Chapter 17.

For class on April 24, 2013 (Wednesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 17, page 373.

Articles in Reverberations: Deuteronomic Theology; Reform of Hezekiah; Reform of Josiah;

Scribes; Huldah.

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For class on April 16, 2013 (Tuesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 16: Hope in Alternative Modes

For class on April 17, 2013 (Wednesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 16: Hope in Alternative Modes starting on page 353.

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For class on April 9, 2013 (Tuesday)

Routledge pages 289-310.

Download if necessary:  Pages 272-310.

For class on April 10, 2013 (Wednesday)

Brueggemann - Chapter 16: Hope in Alternative Modes

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For class on April 2, 2013 (Tuesday)

(No class March 26 - Holy Week Break)

Routledge - Old Testament Theology

Chapter 9 - God and the Future (eschatology, messianism, apocalyptic, death and the after life)

Download:  Pages 272-310.

For class on April 3, 2013 (Wednesday)

(No class March 27 - Holy Week Break)

Routledge continued beginning on page 286.

If necessary, download:  Pages 272-310

For class on March 19, 2013 (Tuesday)

Chapter 15  "Hope for the World"

Evolution Comments

Tielhard de Chardin comments

For class on March 20, 2013 (Wednesday)

Routledge - Old Testament Theology

Chapter 9 - God and the Future (eschatology, messianism, apocalyptic, death and the after life)

Pages 272-310.

For class on March 12, 2013 (Tuesday)

Chapter 14 "Hope in Every Dimension of Reality"

In Reverberations:  "Death"  "Resurrection"

For class on March 13, 2013 (Wednesday)

Chapter 15  "Hope for the World"

Evolution Comments

Tielhard de Chardin comments

For class on March 5, 2013 (Tuesday)

Chapter 13 "Prophetic Promises" 

In Reverberations: "Promise"  "Prophets"

For class on March 6, 2013 (Wednesday)

Chapter 14 "Hope in Every Dimension of Reality"

In Reverberations:  "Death"  "Resurrection"

No classes on Feb. 26/27, 2013

For class on Feb. 19/20, 2013

Second half of Chapter 12 "The Land Promises"

Chapter 13 "Prophetic Promises"

In Reverberations: "Promise"  "Prophets"

(Wed. class will meet on Ash Wed.)

For class on Feb. 12/13, 2013

Chapter 12 "The Land Promises"

In Reverberations: "Land"

For class on Feb. 5/6, 2013

Routledge: "God and the Nations"  (for real this time)

If you have time, start Chapter 12 "The Land Promises"

For class on Jan. 29/30, 2013

Chapter 11 "YHWH as God of the Nations" (primary reading)

Routledge:  "God and the Nations"  (secondary reading)

For class on Jan. 22/23, 2013

Reverberations: Temple, Priests, Worship, Festivals.

Chapter 10 "Obedience: Response to the Sovereign God in Dialogic Modes"

For class on Jan. 15/16, 2013

Continued discussion of the Routledge chapter on worship and the five articles in

Reverberations (see previous week's assignment).

Temple of Solomon

Priest Offering Sacrifice

For class on Jan. 8/9, 2013

Worship and Sacrifice in Routledge

In Reverberations: Temple; Priests; Worship; Festivals; and newly selected: Sacrifice.

For class on Dec. 11/12, 2012

Chapter 9 "Israel as a Community of Praise and Obedience" (continued from last week)

In Reverberations: "Election" "Wisdom" "Forgiveness" "Listening" "Lament"

For class on Dec. 4/5, 2012

Chapter 9 "Israel as a Community of Praise and Obedience"

In Reverberations: "Ezra"  "Torah"

Routledge on Election and Torah

For class on Nov. 27/28, 2012

Chapter 8 "The Narrative of the God of Miracle and Order"

In Reverberations:  "Chaos"  "Creation"  and reread "Miracle"

Somewhat unrelated by interesting article on miracles in the

New Testament by John Meier from Marginal Jew Vol. II

For class on Nov. 13/14, 2012

Chapter 7 in Brueggemann from last week.

"Divine Council" article in Reverberations.

Article by Routledge on names of God.

Article by Anderson on Yahweh and the gods.

For class on Nov. 6/7, 2012

Read Chapter 7 - pages 121-156 (or as much of this as you can)

Read the article on Monotheism in Reverberations

Article by Routledge on Monotheism (just for fun)

For class on Oct. 30/31, 2012

Read the rest of Chapter 6 - pages 94-120

on the metaphors of king, judge and father.

Handout on biblical metaphors of God.

For class on 10-23/24-2012

Assignment: Read Chapter Six - pages 89-104. 

Read articles on  War and Kingship in Reverberations.

Read and print the following:

Description of metaphor.

For class on 10-16/17-2012

Assignment: Chapter Five: YHWH as Sovereign God.

Please read and print for class the following:

The Experience of the Holy

For class on 10-9/10-2012

Scanned Chapter Five: YHWH as Sovereign God

For class on 10-2/3-2012

Scanned Chapter Four: A Third Primal Revelation 

Felix on Covenants

Golden Calf

For class on 9-25/26-2012

Scanned Chapter Three: A Second Primal Revelation

Decalogue in Exodus and Deuteronomy

Felix on the Decalogue

Handouts for 9-11/12 class

10 Major OT Themes 

OT Sequence

OT Books 

Scanned Chapter Two for class on 9-18/19-2012

Bibliography