Spring 2008/Pasadena
OT856A/556
Goldingay
OT856A/B/OT556: OLD TESTAMENT HERMENEUTICS SEMINAR. John Goldingay.
DESCRIPTION: This is a CATS doctoral seminar on Old Testament hermeneutics
(for which students at the 800 level register Spring and Summer, OT856A and
OT856B). Up to three master's level students may be admitted, with the
professor's permission (OT556).
LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of the course students should have
- considered a variety of approaches to Old Testament hermeneutics and formed
a view on more helpful and less helpful approaches;
- reflected on approaches to the relationship between Old Testament faith and
New Testament faith and formed a view on more appropriate and less appropriate
approaches;
- applied these approaches to specific Old Testament texts.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: The course considers approaches to the interpretation
of the Old Testament.
COURSE FORMAT: The course meets weekly for three-hour classes. Professor
Goldingay will give presentations at the opening and closing classes. Classes
in between will work through the required reading and include discussion of
different approaches to hermeneutics and to the relationship between the
Testaments. Each week the class will look at a specific Old Testament text.
REQUIRED READING:
- Collin, John J. The Bible after Babel. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2005.
- Perdue, Leo G. Reconstructing Old Testament Theology. Minneapolis:
Fortress, 2005.
- Thiselton, A. C. New Horizons in Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 1992.
- Before the first class students need to download the Syllabus and
Course Notes, which will be available online at www.fuller.edu/sot/faculty/goldingay
during Finals Week in the quarter
before the course runs.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Gadamer, H. G. Truth and Method. New York: Crossroad,
1982.
- Miranda, J. P. Marx and the Bible. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1974.
- Ricoeur, P. Essays on Biblical Interpretation. Philadelphia:
Fortress, 1980.
- Sugirtharajah, R. Voices from the Margin. 2nd ed. Maryknoll, NY:
Orbis, 1995.
- Trible, P. Texts of Terror. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- (a) Weekly notes on assigned readings in the Bible.
- (b) Weekly readings in secondary literature, on which 800-level students
write two 2,000-word papers.
- (c) Research/reflection paper (6,000 words for 500-level students, 10,000
words for 800-level students).
- For 800-level students, (a) and (b) determine the grade for the
Spring quarter; (c) determines the grade for the Summer quarter.
PREREQUISITES: Master's level students must have completed (a) OT 501, (b) OT
502 or OT 504, (c) an MDiv course in philosophy (or, in each case, equivalent
study), and have permission of the professor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (1/08)