Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary COGOP Consortium OT 552 Exodus In-Depth Spring 2012 Professor Quonekuia Day, Ph.D. (cand.) Phone: (617) 427-7293 ext. 6201 Email: QDay@gordonconwell.edu Course Location: Primitive Christian Church, 207-209 East Broadway, New York, NY Course Time: Monday nights 6:00 p.m.-9:15 p.m. February 13, 2012-April 23, 2012 Course Overview Students will explore the content, interpretive, and theological issues raised and/or addressed in the book of Exodus. This course will also provide the student with sufficient knowledge of Hebrew and Greek in order to do Hebrew and Greek word studies. No previous knowledge of Hebrew or Greek is expected or required for this course. Course Objective To encourage students to become knowledgeable of God's inerrant Word, competent in its interpretation, proclamation and application in the contemporary world. Article 1 of the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Mission Statement Course Goals: -The student will learn the Hebrew and Greek alphabets and how to do basic word studies in Hebrew and Greek. -The student will be introduced to the bibliographic tools for biblical exegesis and research. -The student will learn a basic method for doing biblical exegesis. -The student will exegete a passage in the book of Exodus and apply it to his or her own life and to issues in the contemporary church and society. -The student will demonstrate an understanding of the introductory issues relating to the book Exodus. Required Textbooks Douglas Stuart, The New American Commentary Exodus vol. 2 (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006). Cost under $35. ISBN: 9780805401028 Spiros Zodhiates, ed., Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible. You may choose from the versions NASB, NIV, or KJV-Cost under $40. ISBN: 978-0899577500 George V. Wigman, The Englishman s Hebrew Concordance of Old Testament: Coded with Strong s Concordance Numbers- Cost under $20. ISBN: 978-1565632080
If you have access to a Bible Research Computer Software program such as Bibleworks or Logos then you do not need to purchase the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible and the Englishman s Hebrew Concordance. Class requirements Grade percentage Due Date 1) Word Study Workbook 10 % 4/16 2) Article Reviews 10% 2/27 & 3/12 3) Course Project 20 % 4/9 4) Quiz 20 % 3/19 5) Exegesis Paper (minimum12-pages) 40 %_ 4/23 100% Course Project-This project should take between 7-9 hours Choose from one of the following options: Option #1-Watch Ten Commandments movie (1956 Charlton Heston version) and compare the account of the Exodus in the movie to the Biblical narrative. List similarities, differences, and omissions in a 3 page outline format. Or Option #2-develop a Sunday School or Bible Study lesson plan and teach the lesson to a select group of students from class or at your church. The student must hand in a copy of the Sunday School or Bible Study lesson plan. The lesson plan should be 3-4 pages, double spaced typed 12-font and should include a feedback section from the students that were taught. Class Class Outline Class Requirements Class 1 1) Introduction to Course 2/13 2) Israel in Egypt and the Call of Moses lecture 3) Introduction to Hebrew and Greek alphabet Homework Due for Class 2 1) Read Stuart s Exodus Commentary on Exodus chs. 1-4. 2) Read Exodus in your Bible chs. 1-8. 3) Read Date of Exodus and Greta Hort article on Plagues and complete article reviews. Class 2 2/27 No Class 2/20 due to federal holiday No Class 2/20 due to federal holiday 1)Article Reviews due Homework Due for Class 3 2)Date of Exodus lecture Exodus chs. 5-8. 3) Plagues lecture pt. 1 4) Introduction to Word Studies 2) Read Exodus in your Bible chs. 9-15. 3) Complete Word study worksheets.
Class 3 3/5 Class 4 3/12 1) Word Study Review 2) Plagues pt. 2 & Documentary Hypothesis lecture 1) Article Reviews due 3) Plagues and the Red Sea lecture 4) Route of the Exodus Lecture Homework Due for Class 4 chs. 9-11. 2) Read Exodus in your Bible chs. 16-20. 3) Read Articles on Levi/Levites and God s Self Revelation in Exod 34:6-8 and complete article reviews. Homework Due for Class 5 chs. 12-16. 2) Read Exodus in your Bible chs. 20-30. 3) Complete Word study worksheets. 4) Study for Quiz on 3/19. Class 5 3/19 1)Quiz 2) Word Study Review 2) Israelite s disobedience & the Law lecture 3) Intro to 7 Exegetical Steps pt. 1 Homework Due for Class 6 chs. 17-20. 2) Choose Passage for Exegesis Paper from choices on the Exegetical Steps Handout. 3) Complete Word study worksheets. 4) Start working on course project due 4/9. Class 6 4/2 No Class on 3/26 1)Word Study Review 2) The Law pt. 2 & Theology of Exodus lecture 4) Intro to 7 Exegetical Steps pt. 2 Homework Due for Class 7 1) Read Stuart s Exodus Commentary on chs. 21-26 2) Start re-reading book of Exodus in a different version (KJV, NIV, NAS) 3) Finish course project due 4/9 4) Start working on Exegesis Paper
Class 7 4/9 1)Course Project Due & Project presentations 2)The Golden Calf Narrative & Theology of the Exodus lecture Homework Due for Class 8 1) Work on your Exegesis Paper 2) Read Stuart s Exodus Commentary on chs. 27-32 3) Complete Word Study worksheets. Class 8 4/16 Class 9 4/23 1)Project presentations 2) The Golden Calf Narrative and the Presence of God lecture. 1)Word Study workbook due 2) Tabernacle & Application of Exodus lectures 3) Preparation for Conquest lecture Homework Due for Class 9 1)Work on your Exegesis Paper 2) Finish Stuart s Exodus Commentary. 3) Finish reading Exodus in your Bible for the second time. 2) Finish Exegesis paper and mail it to GCTS, Boston 90 Warren St. Roxbury, MA 02119 attn: Prof Day by 4/23/2012 Extra Resources/Bibliography Ailing, Charles F. The Sphinx Stele of Thutmose IV and the Date of the Exodus. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 22/2 (June 1979): 97-101. Ashby, Godfrey. Go Out and Meet God: A Commentary on the Book of Exodus. Grand Rapids: WM. B. Eerdmans, 1998. Brueggemann, Walter. The New Interpreter s Bible vol. 1. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. Childs, Brevard S. The Book of Exodus: A Critical, Theological Commentary. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974. Cole, R. Alan. Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary. Downers Grove: Inter Varsity Press, 1973. Durham, John. Exodus: World Biblical Commentary. Waco: Word Books, 1987. Dyer, Charles H. The Date of the Exodus Examined. Bibliotheca Sacra (July- September 1983): 225-243.
Harris, R. Laird, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980. Hoffmeier, James K. Israel in Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hyatt, J. Philip. Commentary on Exodus: The New Century Bible. Greenwood: The Attic Press Inc., 2000. Jacob, Benno. The Second Book of the Bible: Exodus. Hoboken: Ktav, 1992. Janzen, Waldemar. Exodus: Believers Church Bible Commentary. Waterloo: Herald Press, 2001. - Kaiser, Walter. A History of Israel. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998. Knight, George A. F. A Commentary on the Book of Exodus: Theology as Narration. Grand Rapids: WM. B. Eerdmans, 1976. Laney, Carl J. God s Self-Revelation in Exodus 34:6-8, Bibliotheca Sacra 158, (January-March 2001): 36-51. Larsson, Göran. Bound for Freedom: The Book of Exodus in Jewish and Christian Studies. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1999. Montet, Pierre. Egypt and the Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1968. Napier, B. Davie. The Laymen s Bible Commentary: The Book of Exodus. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1963. Noth, Martin. Exodus A Commentary. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1962. Pratico, Gary & Miles Van Pelt. Basics of Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001. Reid, Garnett. Minimalism and Biblical History. Bibliotheca Sacra 155 (October-December 1998): 394-410. Rendsburg, Gary A. The Date of the Exodus and the Conquest/Settlement: The Case for the 100s Vetus Testamentum XLII, 4 (1992): 510-527. Stuart, Douglass. The New American Commentary vol 2 Exodus. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2006. Waltke, Bruce K. Palestinian Artifactual Evidence Supporting the Early Date of the Exodus. Bibliotheca Sacra, January 1972, 33-43.