Lamar E. Cooper, Sr. Fall Semester 2016 Old Testament & Archaeology Monday 8:00-10:30 AM Senior Professor Room A203 Criswell College coopsr@criswell.edu HEB 403 L00.A Hebrew Exegetical Method I Course Description An advanced continuation of the study of Hebrew Grammar, emphasizing exegetical method in Hebrew prose literature. Special attention will be given to syntax, textual criticism, literary analysis, and lexical Studies. (Prerequisite: Hebrew 302) Course Objectives 1. Use the BHS critical apparatus for specific textual problems and be able to provide a tentative solution to problem texts. 2. Use the lexicon to analyze words, phrases, and clauses to determine specific legitimate distinguishable categories of meaning. 3. Classify Hebrew nouns, verbs, participles, and other grammatical constructions to the appropriate syntactical categories. 4. Identify, discuss, and apply the basic principles of narrative and rhetorical criticism in the study of Hebrew prose. 5. Use structural analysis to develop a clausal construction of a Hebrew prose text. 6. Use literary analysis to identify characteristics of Hebrew narrative to explain the characteristics and their significance in understanding the text. 7. Apply the various exegetical tools learned in the course to one specific passage in a selected Hebrew text. Course Textbooks Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi, A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (0-521-53348-1). Chisholm, Robert B., Jr. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998 (0-8010-2171-5). Wegner, Paul D. A Student s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2006 (978-0-8308-27313-2). Course Requirements and Evaluation Procedures 1. Weekly reading quizzes on Wegner and Chisholm 25% 2. Exegetical outline of I Kings 17:1-7 or 17:8-16 or 17:17-24 due Sept. 26 10% 3. Exegetical outline of I Kings 18:1-19 or 18:20-29 or 18:30-40 due Oct. 17 10% 4. Revised exegetical outlines of I Kings 17 passage and I Kings 18 passage due Nov. 28 30% (15% each) 5. Translation of I Kings 17:1-18:46 due Nov 28 25% Grading System The following is the grading system that has been adopted by the faculty. Each student taking this course for credit will be given a letter grade corresponding to the numerical grade received on quizzes and exams. The significance of letter grades is as follows:
A 97-100 4.0 grade points per semester hour A- 93-96 3.7 grade points per semester hour B+ 91-92 3.3 grade points per semester hour B 88-90 3.0 grade points per semester hour B- 86-87 2.7 grade points per semester hour C+ 83-85 2.3 grade points per semester hour C 80-82 2.0 grade points per semester hour C- 78-79 1.7 grade points per semester hour D+ 75-77 1.3 grade points per semester hour D 72-74 1.0 grade point per semester hour D- 70-71 0.7 grade points per semester hour F 0-69 0.0 grade points per semester hour Incomplete Grades Students requesting a grade of Incomplete (I) must understand that incomplete grades maybe given only upon approval of the faculty member involved. An I may be assigned only when a student is currently passing a course and in situations involving extended illness, serious injury, death in the family, or employment or government reassignment, not student neglect. Institutional Policies Academic Honesty: Absolute truth is an essential belief and basis of behavior for those who believe in a God who cannot lie and forbids falsehood. Academic honesty is the application of the principle of truth in the classroom setting. Academic honesty includes the basic premise that all work submitted by students must be their own and any ideas derived or copied from elsewhere must be carefully documented. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating of any kind, submitting, without proper approval, work originally prepared by the student for another course, plagiarism, which is the submitting of work prepared by someone else as if it were his own, and failing to credit sources properly in written work. Learning Disabilities: In order to ensure full class participation, any student with a disabling condition requiring special accommodations (e.g., tape recorders, special adaptive equipment, special note-taking or testtaking needs) is strongly encouraged to contact the instructor at the beginning of the course or if a student has a learning disability, please inform the professor so assistance can be provided. Auditing and Sit-in Students: Any on-campus course may be audited if there is space available in the classroom. Audit students do not receive grades from professors. A student s permanent transcript will reflect which courses have been completed as audits.
Sit-in status is offered only if space is available in the classroom and when approval is given by the Registrar s Office. Sit-in students are not given grades by professors and their transcripts will not reflect enrollment in the course. Taking tests and participation in course activities are at the discretion of the professor. Attendance Policy Students are responsible for enrolling in courses for which they anticipate being able to attend every class session on the day and time appearing on course schedules, and then making every effort to do so. When unavoidable situations result in absence or tardiness, students are responsible for acquiring any information missed. Professors are not obliged to allow students to make up missed work. Per their independent discretion, individual professors may determine how attendance affects students ability to meet course learning objectives and whether attendance affects course grades. Class Schedule Date Topic Reading Assignment Writing Assignment Aug 15 Syllabus; Intro to Wegner, 13-86; Chisholm 13-18 Text Criticism - Exegetical Papers Aug 22 Text Criticism cont d Wegner, 89-139; Chisholm 19-29 Translate I Kin 17:1-7 Aug 29 Text Criticism cont d Wegner, 140-203 Translate I Kin 17:8-15 Sept 5 Labor Day no class Sept 12 Lexical Studies Chisholm, 31-56 [Critical notes 17:20-24] with other notes to follow Study of Words & Hebrew Words handout Sept 19 Lexical Studies Chisholm, 57-75 Walton, Word Study & Hebrew Words handout Sept 26 Syntax, nouns Study of Syntax, Chisholm, 75-117 Verbs; Syntax of Nouns, Ross & Arnold Choi Hebrew Syntax - v-35 Oct 3 Syntax verbs Syntax of Verbs narrativesstructure Chisholm 119-147 Oct 10 Volition & Clauses Sentences Chisholm 149-186 Elements Biblical Narrative Oct 17 Hebrew Structure Biblical Examples, Chisholm; Elements of Hebrew 36-46 Oct 24 Reading Narrative Hebrew Narrative handout Walter Kaiser 69-88 Oct 31 Narrative Criticism Kaiser, "Narrative" Sandy & Guise handout Walter Kaiser, 69-88 Nov 7 Narrative Criticism Chisholm, "Putting it all together" 187-220 Nov 14 Exegesis to Exposition Chisholm, "Make it Contemporary", 221-255 Translate I Kin 17:16-24 Translate I Kin 18:1-6 Translate I Kin 18:7-12 [Exegetical Outline Due for review I Kin 17:1-24] Translate I Kin 18:13-19 Translate I Kin 18:20-24 Translate I Kin 18:25-29 [Exegetical Outline Due for review I Kin 18:1-40] Translate I Kin 18:30-35. Translate 1 Kin 18:30-46
Nov 21-25 Fall Break & Thanksgiving Holiday No classes Nov 28 Final Assembly Revised Exegetical Outlines; Translation Dec 7-11 Final Exam Week Selective Bibliography I Kings 17:1 to 18:46 Epp, Theodore. A man of Like Nature. Lincoln Nebraska: Back to the Bible Broadcast, pp. 7-145. Harwood, Edwin. The Books of Kings. Commentary of the Scriptures by John Peter Lange. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Company, Vol. 3. Pp. 189-216. House, Paul R. 1 and 2 Kings. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman, 1995. See pp. 204-221 Kendall, R. T. Kendall, These are the Days of Elijah. Chosen; Minneapolis, pp. 10-110. Krummacher, F. W. Elijah the Tishbite. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1977. Pp 5-227. Meyer, F. B. Elijah: and the Secret of His Power. Christian Leadership Crusade: Fort Washington, PA. pp. 9-83. Patterson, R. D. and Herman J. Austel. 1 and 2 Kings. The Expositor s Bible. Vol. 4. Pp. 137Frank E. Gaebelein, Ed. pp. 137-147. Pink, A. W. The Life of Elijah. London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1963. See pp. 11-224. Roper, David. Elijah: A Man Like Us. Grand Rapids: Discovery House, 1997. Pp. 1-193. Wiseman, Donald J. 1 and 2 Kings. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 1993. See pp. 175-183. Research Armstrong, Terry A., Douglas L. Busby and Cyril F. Carr. A Readers Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1989. Botterweck, G. Johannes, Helmer Ringgren, and Jeinz-Josef Fabry, eds. Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006. Brotzman, Ellis R. Old Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: Baker ~ Academic, 1994 (978-0-8010-1065-1). Dorsey, David. The Literary Structure of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academics, 1999 (0-8010-2793-4) Evan-Shoshan, Abraham. A New Concordance of the Old Testament; Using the Hebrew and Aramaic Text. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990 (965-17-0192-7) or BibleWorks9 I recommend the BibleWorks9 software. Gignilliat, Mark S. A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012. (978-0-310-32532-1) Harris, R. Laird, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. 2 Vols. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1971. Kelly, Page H., and Daniel S. Mynatt and Timothy G Crawford. The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.
Koehler, Ludwig and Walter Baumgartner. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament HALOT] 2 Vols. Boston: Brill, 2001. Lisowsky, Gerhard. Konkordanz Zum Hebraischen Alten Testament. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1981. Sandy, D. Brent, and Ronald L. Giesse, Jr. Cracking Old Testament Codes. Nashville: B&H Academic, 1995 (978-0-8054-1093-8) Soulen, Richard N., and Kendall R. Soulen. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001, 2011 (90-644-22314-1) VanGemeren, Willem. Ed. New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis. Five Vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1997. Walsh, Jerome T. Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative. Collegeville, Minn. The Liturgical Press, 2001 (0-8146-5897-0) Waltke, Bruce K. and M. O Conner. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1990.. And Kenneth L. Barker. Index to Brown, Driver, & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Chicago: Moody Press, 1977. Wilson, William. Old Testament Word Studies. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1978.