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Emnekatalog: GT503
GT503 - Old Testament Theology
Faglærer:
Karl William Weyde, Karl.W.Weyde@mf.no
Studiepoeng: 10
Undervises:
Vår
Studieprogramtilhørighet: Master in Religious Education
Generell informasjon
This course is a core course for the programme Master in Religious Education.
Old Testament Theology is a conventional academic discipline. It builds upon exegesis of individual Old Testament books, as well as
upon works in the field History of Ancient Israel. The aim of OT Theology is to give a coherent account of religious and theological
views prevalent in ancient Israel, particularly as given in the OT canon.
Studiepoengreduksjon
This course overlaps a number of courses and therefore credits gained in this course will be reduced if students have passed one or
more of the overlapping courses:
- With KRL202 the course is reduced with 2 ECTS-credits
- With BIB501 the course is reduced with 3 sp ECTS-credits
- With GT502 the course is reduced with 5 sp ECTS-credits
Studiekrav
The student is to
- hand in a weekly reading report for at least 75 percent of the weeks,
- hand in a weekly reader's questions report for at least 75 percent of the weeks,
- give an evaluation of the course and the teaching if the course is up for evaluation the semester in question.
Vurdering
To gain credits for the course the student has to pass all the course works / assignments, and then sit for a written examination (4
hours). Finally, the grade of the course (A-F) will be given on the basis of the reports (weighing 1/3) and the examination (weighing 2/3).
Mål og innhold
By the end of the module, the student will be able to:
- have an overview of different ways of writing an Old Testament Theology,
- have a good knowledge about the theological meaning and significance of various names for the God of the Old Testament,
- have knowledge about the current debate on god-language and the feminist critique of the patriarchal god-language,
- have a good knowledge about the faith of ancient Israel as reflected in biblical literature; its various forms from the Patriarchal
through the Hellenistic ages.
Litteratur
LITTERATUR
- Brueggemann, Walter, "Et utvalg" i Theology of the Old Testament : testimony, dispute, advocacy Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997, s.
1-114 .
- Mettinger, Tryggve N. D., In search of God : the meaning and message of the everlasting names Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988 .
- Schmidt, Werner H., The faith of the Old Testament : a history Oxford: Blackwell, 1983 .
- Schüngel-Straumann, Helen, "The feminine face of God" iConcilium London: Scm, 1995, s. 93-101 .
- Trible, Phyllis, "Depatriarchalizing in Biblical interpretation" i Journal of the American Academy of Religion Bind 41 1973, s. 30-48 ,
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SUPPLERENDE LITTERATUR
- Barr, James, The Concept of biblical theology : an Old Testament perspective London: SCM Press, 1999 .
- Barton, John, The Cambridge companion to biblical interpretation Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 .
- Gerstenberger, Erhard S., Theologies in the Old Testament London: T&T Clark, 2002 .
- Grabbe, Lester L., Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992, s. 2 b. (xxxi, 722 s.) .
- Perdue, Leo G., Reconstructing Old Testament theology : after the collapse of history Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 2005 .