Esegesi AT: Pentateuco e libri storici RA0103

General Objective: To introduce students into a careful reading of the texts, sensitive to historical-critical analysis but focused on a theological understanding of the text that is sensitive to its literary composition

Course Outlines: I. Pentateuch. 1. The Five Books of the Pentateuch: Its content and structure. 2. History of Pentateuchal research (documentary hypothesis). 3. Recent developments in Pentateuchal Research. 4. Exegetical reading of selected texts. II. Historical Books. 1. Introduction to the Historical Books. a. Reading the Historical Books within the Bible. b. Who wrote the Historical Books, for whom, when, why? c. The literary genres in the Historical Books. 2. A reading of the Historical Books. a. From life to death: Reading Joshua to 2 Kings. b. Grace and new life: Reading 1 Chronicles to Nehemiah. c. Heroes of the faith: Reading from Tobit to 2 Maccabees.

Bibliography: PENTATEUCH: Alexander, T. Desmond. From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch. 3rd Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015; Blenkinsopp, Joseph. The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible. New Haven: Yale University Press 2007 [1962]; Levine, Baruch. Numbers 1-20: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 4a. New York: Doubleday, 1993; Levine, Baruch. Numbers 21-36: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 4b. New York: Doubleday, 2000; Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 3a. New York: Doubleday, 1998; Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 17-22: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 3b. New York: Doubleday, 2000; Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 23-27: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 3c. New York: Doubleday, 2001; Propp, William. Exodus 1-18: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 2a. New York: Doubleday, 1999; Propp, William. Exodus 19-40: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 2b. New York: Doubleday, 2006; Ska, Jean Louis. Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2006; Speiser, Ephraim. Genesis: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 1. New York: Doubleday, 1964; Weinfeld, Moshe. Deuteronomy 1- 11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 5. New York: Doubleday, 1991. HISTORICAL BOOKS: Brueggemann, Walter. Old Testament Theology: An Introduction. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010; Childs, Brevard. Biblical Theology of The Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on The Christian Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011; von Rad, Gerhard. Old Testament Theology: The Theology of Israel’s Historical Traditions. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students are expected to have a greater appreciation of how the Bible functions in the life of the Church; to be able to read, analyze and derive the theological and spiritual sense of these Old Testament texts; to perceive how the Gospels and entire New Testament are woven from the language of the Old.