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
- 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 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.