Spring 2006/Pasadena
OT856/556
Goldingay

OT856/556: OLD TESTAMENT HERMENEUTICS SEMINAR. John Goldingay.


DESCRIPTION: The course is a PhD Seminar on Old Testament hermeneutics. Up to three master's level students may be admitted, with the professor's permission.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of the course students should have


RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: The areas covered by the objectives are important for ministry.

COURSE FORMAT: The course meets weekly for three-hour sessions. Professor Goldingay will give presentations at the opening and closing classes. Classes in between will work through New Horizons in Hermeneutics 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:
Thiselton, A. C. New Horizons in Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

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.

Trible, P. Texts of Terror. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.

ASSIGNMENTS: Students will complete assigned readings in the Bible and secondary literature (for master's level students, a minimum of 1,000 pages), and on this basis write a research/reflection paper on issues in the study of Old Testament hermeneutics (for master's level students, a 20-page paper).

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.