Code
Undergraduate: BA3014W (Classroom) or BA3714W (Online)
Postgraduate: BA9014W (Classroom) or BA9714W (Online)
Postgraduate: BA9014W (Classroom) or BA9714W (Online)
Level
Undergraduate Level 3 and Postgraduate Elective
Discipline
Old Testament (BA)
Field
Biblical Studies (B)
Prerequisites
Foundation unit in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Online
Yes
Location
Whitley College
Faculty
Mark Brett view profile >
Class Time
2022: Three hours per week. Also available online.
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- Analyse the range of theories relating to sources and editing of the book.
- Discriminate between religious perspectives in Genesis and other theologies in the Hebrew Bible, especially those relating to creation, politics and law.
- Reflect critically on the poetics of the text.
- Discuss the potential of this text in contemporary inter-religious dialogue between Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
- Evaluate the implications of competing critical methods.
Postgraduate
- Analyse the range of theories relating to sources and editing of the book
- Discriminate between religious perspectives in Genesis and other theologies in the Hebrew Bible, especially those relating to creation, politics and law
- Reflect critically on the poetics of the text
- Discuss the potential of this text in contemporary inter-religious dialogue between Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- Evaluate the implications of critical historical studies for theology.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
Classroom
- Critical reflections on readings (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical paper (2,000 words) (40%)
- One essay (2,000 words) (40%)
Online
- Online tutorial participation – not fewer than five entries of approximately 200 words each (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical paper (2,000 words) (40%)
- One essay (2,000 words) (40%)
Postgraduate
Classroom
- Critical reflections on readings (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical paper (3,500 words) (40%)
- One essay (3,500 words) (40%)
Online
- Online tutorial participation – not fewer than 5 entries of approximately 200 words (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical paper (3,500 words) (40%)
- One essay (3,500 words) (40%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Alter, Robert. Genesis: translation and commentary. New York: W W Norton, 1996.
- Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Creation, un-creation, re-creation. A discursive commentary on Genesis 1-11. London: T&T Clark, 2011.
- Brett, Mark G. Genesis: procreation and the politics of identity. London: Routledge, 2000.
- Firestone, Reuven. Journeys in holy lands: The evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael legends in Islamic exegesis. Albany: State University of New York, 1990.
- Hendel, Ron. Reading Genesis: Ten methods. Cambridge: CUP, 2010.
- Kaminsky, Joel. Yet I loved Jacob: Reclaiming the biblical concept of election. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.
- Levenson, Jon D. Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.
- Lipton, Diana. Visions of the night. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
- Moberly, R W L. The Old Testament of the Old Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992.
- Sternberg, Meir. The poetics of biblical narrative. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1985.
- Wenham, Gordon. Genesis. 2 vols. Waco: Word 1987 and 1994.
- Westermann, Claus. Genesis. 3 vols, Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984, 1985, 1986.