Code
Undergraduate: BA3004W (On Campus) or BA3704W (Online)
Postgraduate: BA9004W (On Campus) or BA9704W (Online)
Postgraduate: BA9004W (On Campus) or BA9704W (Online)
Level
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Discipline
Old Testament (BA)
Field
Biblical Studies (B)
Prerequisites
Prohibited combination: Promised Land and Exile
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Mark Brett view profile >
Class Time
2021: Three hours per week
Also available online
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
- Distinguish between the theologies of land in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
- Describe a range of responses to the exile in the Old Testament.
- Articulate similarities and differences between prophetic theologies of hope.
- Discuss selected exegetical issues in relation to contemporary debates about ecology, migration, the spirituality of dispossession, or hope.
- Reflect on the tension between land promises and exile in the Old Testament.
Postgraduate
- Distinguish between the theologies of land in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
- Describe a range of responses to the exile in the Old Testament.
- Critically evaluate similarities and differences between prophetic theologies of hope.
- Discuss selected exegetical issues in relation to contemporary debates about ecology, migration, the spirituality of dispossession, or hope.
- Reflect theologically on biblical texts and relate biblical studies to other theological disciplines in a research project at a postgraduate standard.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
On Campus:
- One exegetical paper (1,500 words) (30%)
- One essay (2,500 words) (50%)
- One tutorial paper (1,000 words) (20%)
Online:
- One exegetical paper (1,500 words) (30%)
- One essay (2,500 words) (50%)
- Online tutorial participation (not fewer than 5 entries of approximately 200 words) (1,000 words) (20%)
Postgraduate
On Campus:
- One exegetical paper (3,000 words) (40%)
- One essay (3,000 words) (40%)
- One tutorial paper (1,000 words) (20%)
Online:
- One exegetical paper (3,000 words) (40%)
- One essay (3,000 words) (40%)
- Online tutorial participation (not fewer than 5 entries of approximately 200 words) (1,000 words) (20%)
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Recommended reading
- Brett, M.G. Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008.
- Chapman, C. Whose Promised Land? The Continuing Crisis over Israel and Palestine. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
- Davis, E. Scripture, Culture, Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Goonan, M. A Community of Exiles: Exploring Australian Spirituality. Homebush: St Pauls Publications, 1996.
- Habel, N. The Land is Mine: Six Biblical Land Ideologies. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.
- Halvorson-Taylor, M. Enduring Exile: The Metaphorization of Exile in the Hebrew Bible. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2011.
- Joerstad, M. The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, Nonhumans and the Living Landscape. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Kelle, B.E., et al. (eds). Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
- Smith, A.D. Chosen Peoples: Sacred Sources of National Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Smith-Christopher, D. A Biblical Theology of Exile. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.
- Weinfeld, M. The Promise of the Land. Berkeley: University of California, 1992.
Set texts recommended for purchase: Nil