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


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)