OT626/551 Genesis: Exegesis/In Depth

Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston Campus OT626/551 Genesis: Exegesis/In Depth Preliminary Syllabus Thursday, 6:30 9:30 pm, Fall, 2012 CUME 116 Seong Hyun Park, PhD spark4@gordonconwell.edu I. Course Description & Objectives Students will take this course either as an in depth study (OT551) or an exegesis (OT626) of the book of Genesis. Through a combination of both lectures and hands on projects, students will acquire skills to read and interpret Genesis, with a view to its application in the ministry of the church (GCTS Mission Statement #1 2). By the end of the term, the students who have successfully completed the course will have gained an extensive training on the inductive reading and exegetical skills for the interpretation of the narrative texts in Genesis (in Hebrew, for OT626), with a strong emphasis on its grammar, semantics, context, and the narrative strategy. Students will also explore some of the major theological themes that arise from reading Genesis. In order to take the course as OT626 (Exegesis), the student must have successfully completed OL502 and pass the Hebrew Competency Exam which will be administered during the second class session. There is no pre requisite for taking the course as OT551 (In Depth). OT626 meets the requirement for the MDiv, MAOT, MABL and MABS at Gordon Conwell. II. Course Work & Evaluation Weekly preparation (30%). Students should come to the class having read and prepared as indicated in the weekly schedule (V. Course Schedule). For the class of Oct 18, for instance, students should come to the class having read Stuart (2009: 52 55), Genesis 25:19 35:29 (in one translation) in conjunction with Mathews (2005: 365 630), and studied Genesis 32:1 32 (in Hebrew, for OT626; in various translations, for OT551). Exegetical exam (30%) and paper (40%). On Nov 22, students will be tested on their learned exegetical skills by completing an exegetical draft on a passage from the Genesis chapters that they would have read/studied by Nov 8 (i.e., Genesis 10 50). After that, the students will have Park_OT626/551_Fall, 2012 Pg 1

one week to develop the draft into a full fledged exegetical paper, to be submitted in print, in class on Nov 29. The paper should be double spaced, with font size 12, and 12 15 pages long. III. Course Policies Attendance is required. No more than two absences are allowed, if taking the course for credit. Web surfing is not allowed. No web surfing allowed during the class session. Due dates are strict. Late penalties will apply for the papers turned in late. Plagiarism is fatal. Plagiarism will result in failing the course. For a detailed information on the issue, refer to http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup106849. Audio recording of the class session can be allowed under special circumstances, with prior permission. One such circumstance would be recording for a classmate who cannot attend the session. IV. Textbooks & References Required Textbooks Brotzman, E.R. (1994). Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic <ISBN 0801010659; LP $21.99; CUME REF BS1136.B765 1994>. Mathews, K.A. (1996). Genesis 1 11:26 (The New American Commentary, 1A). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers <ISBN 0805401016; LP $29.99; CUME REF BS1235.3.M37 1996>. Mathews, K.A. (2005). Genesis 11:27 50:26 (The New American Commentary, 1B). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers <ISBN 0805401415; LP $32.99; CUME REF BS1235.3.M37 2005>. Stuart, D. (2009). Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors, 4 th edn. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press <ISBN 9780664233440; LP $25.00; CUME REF BS476.S83 2009>. Required Bibles For OT626, students can choose between BHS and RHB (see below). <BibleStudyTools.com> Online access to the New American Standard Bible (1995) at http://www.biblestudytools.com/nas/ (font download at http://www.biblestudytools.com/resources/bst greek hebrew fonts.html). <Biblos.com> Online access at http://biblos.com/. Brown, A.P., II, & Smith, B.W., eds. (2008). A Reader s Hebrew Bible (RHB). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (or, A Reader s Hebrew and Greek Bible of the same series) <ISBN 9780310269748; CUME BS715 2008> [for OT626]. Elliger, K., & Rudolph, W., eds. (1997). Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), 5 th edn. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (or, the 2006 paperback edition from Hendrickson Publishers) <ISBN 3438052180; CUME BS715 1997> [for OT626]. Park_OT626/551_Fall, 2012 Pg 2

Additional References Commentaries Wenham, G.J. (1987). Genesis 1 15 (Word Biblical Commentary, 1). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson <ISBN 0849902002 ; CUME REF BS1235.3.W46 v.1>. Wenham, G.J. (1994). Genesis 16 50 (Word Biblical Commentary, 2). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson <ISBN 0849902010 ; CUME REF BS1235.3.W46 v.2>. Waltke, B.K. (2001). Genesis: A Commentary, with C.J. Fredricks. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan <ISBN 0310224586 ; CUME REF BS1235.3.W34 2001>. Concordances in English Goodrick, E.W., & Kohlenberger, J.R., III (2004). The Strongest NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan < ISBN 9780310262855; CUME Library carries the 1990 edition CUME REF BS425.G62 1990>. Strong, J., & Thomas, R.L. (2004). The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan < ISBN 9780310262848>. Concordances in Hebrew Even Shoshan, A. (1985). A New Concordance of the Bible: Thesaurus of the Language of the Bible. Jerusalem, Israel: Kiryat Sefer Pub. House <CUME REF BS1121.N48 1985>. Kohlenberger, J.R., III, Armstrong, T.A., & Swanson, J.A. (1998). The Hebrew English Concordance to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (uses NIV for the English text) <ISBN 0310208394; CUME REF BS1121.K65 1998>. Wigram, G.V. (1996). The Englishman s Hebrew Concordance of Old Testament: Coded with Strong s Concordance Numbers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers (uses KJV for the English text) <ISBN 9781565632080; CUME REF BS1125.W5 1996>. Electronic Resources While not a need, the electronic resources, such as BibleWorks, Logos Bible Software, or Accordance make the textual study easier by placing the original texts, translations, dictionaries, parsing gudes and concordances in one place. Several desktops in CUME s Library have BibleWorks 8 installed. Hebrew Language Beall, T.S., Banks, W.A., & Smith, C. (2000). Old Testament Parsing Guide, rev. edn. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers <ISBN 9780805420326; CUME Library carries the 1 st edition CUME REF PJ4645.B43>. Botterweck, G.J., Ringgren, H., & Fabry, H. J., eds. (1974 2006). Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, 15 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Pub. Co. <ISBN 0802823386; CUME REF PJ4833.T4313>. Brown, F., Driver, S.R., & Briggs, C.A., eds. (1959). A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press (or, the editions coded with Strong s numbers, from Hendrickson Publishers, of which 1996 is the most recent, and the CUME Library carries the 1981 edition) <CUME REF PJ4833.B67 1959>. Park_OT626/551_Fall, 2012 Pg 3

Holladay, W.L., ed. (1988). A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Pub. Co. (based on Koehler & Baumgartner) <ISBN 0802834132; CUME REF PJ4833.H6 1988>. Jenni, E., & Westermann, C., eds. (1997). Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, 3 vols., trans. by M.E. Biddle. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers <ISBN 1565631331; CUME REF BS440.T4813 1997>. Joüon, P. & Muraoka, T. (2006). A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2 nd edn. (Subsidia Biblica, 27). Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico <ISBN 9788876536298; CUME REF PJ4567.J7613 2006>. Kautzsch, E., & Cowley, A.E., eds. (1980 [1910]). Gesenius Hebrew Grammar, 2 nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press <CUME REF PJ4564.G5 1980>. Koehler, L., & Baumgartner, W. (1994 2000). The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 5 vols., trans. by M.E.J. Richardson. Leiden: Brill (or, the 2 volume Study Edition, published in 2001) <ISBN 9789004123489; CUME Library carries the 2 volume set CUME REF PJ4833.K5813 2001>. Mounce, W.D., ed. (2006). Mounce s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan <ISBN 0310248787; CUME REF BS440.M63 2006>. Owens, J.J. (1990). Analytical Key to the Old Testament, 4 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic <ISBN 0801067 146, 537, 154, 138; CUME REF PJ4731.B53 O94 1989>. VanGemeren, W.A., ed. (1997). New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, 5 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan <ISBN 0310214009; CUME REF BS440.N438 1997>. Waltke, B.K., & O Connor, M. (1990). An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns <ISBN 0931464315; CUME REF PJ4707.W35 1989>. Williams, R.J. (2007). Williams Hebrew Syntax, 3 rd edn. rev. by J.C. Beckman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press <ISBN 9780802094292; on order for the CUME Library>. Textual Criticism Kelley, P., Mynatt, D.S., & Crawford, T.G. (1998). The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated Glossary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Pub. Co <ISBN 0802843638; CUME RES BS718.K38 1998>. Soulen, R.N., & Soulen, R.K. (2001). Handbook of Biblical Criticism, 3 rd edn. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press <ISBN 0664223141; CUME REF BS511.3.S68 2001>. Wegner, P.D. (2006). A Student s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic <ISBN 0830827315; CUME BS471.W44 2006>. Other Hallo, W.W., & Younger, K.L., eds. (2003). The Context of Scripture, 3 vols. Leiden: Brill <ISBN 9004096299; CUME Oversize REF BS1180.C66 1996>. Meadors, G.T., ed. (2009). Four Views on Moving beyond the Bible to Theology (Counterpoints). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Pp. 7 73 <ISBN 9780310276555; CUME BS538.3.F68 2009>. Park_OT626/551_Fall, 2012 Pg 4

Zodhiates, S., & Baker, W., eds. (2009). Hebrew Greek Key Word Study Bible NIV. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers <ISBN 9780899577555; CUME Library carries the 1996 edition CUME REF BS195.N38 1996>. V. Course Schedule Date Exegetical Methods Genesis Study 09/13 Exegesis: Overview Biblical Hebrew: Review 09/20 Hebrew Exam; Text & Translation "of Terah" A (Gen 11:27 15:21) Stuart (2009), pp. 1 42 Prepare Gen 11:27 12:20; Mathews (2005), pp. 21 178 09/27 Grammatical & Lexical Data "of Terah" B (Gen 16:1 25:11) Stuart (2009), pp. 42 49, 177 180 Prepare Gen 17:1 27; Mathews (2005), pp. 178 356 10/04 Form & Structure "of... Ishmael" (Gen 25:12 18); "of Esau" (Gen 36:1 37:1) Stuart (2009), pp. 49 52 Prepare Gen 36:1 37:1; Mathews (2005), pp. 357 364, 631 660 10/11 Reading Week 1 10/18 Literary Historical Context "of Isaac" (Gen 25:19 35:29) Stuart (2009), pp. 52 55 Prepare Gen 32:1 32; Mathews (2005), pp. 365 630 10/25 Biblical and Theological Context "of Jacob" A (Gen 37:2 41:57) Stuart (2009), pp. 55 59 Prepare Gen 37:2 36; Mathews (2005), pp. 661 767 11/01 Application "of Jacob" B (Gen 42:1 50:26) Stuart (2009), pp. 59 62, 181 183 Prepare Gen 44:14 45:15; Mathews (2005), pp. 767 931 11/08 From Exegesis to Sermon "of Noah's sons" (Gen 10:1 11:9); "of Shem" (Gen 11:10 26) Stuart (2009), pp. 63 81 Prepare Gen 10:1 14; 11:1 9; Mathews (1996), pp. 427 500 11/15 Reading Week 2 11/22 Exegesis Exam Exam text to be given in class 11/29 Exegesis Paper Due & Review in Class Exam text from 11/22 12/06 Textual Criticism A "of Adam" (Gen 5:1 6:8); "of Noah" (Gen 6:9 9:29) Brotzman (1994), pp. 17 85 Prepare Gen 6:1 22; Mathews (1996), pp. 295 425 12/13 Textual Criticism B "of the heavens and the earth" (Gen 2:4 4:26) Brotzman (1994), pp. 87 132, 167 170 Prepare Gen 3:1 24; Mathews (1996), pp. 183 294 12/20 Conclusion "In the beginning" (Gen 1:1 2:3) Prepare Gen 1:1 2:3; Mathews (1996), pp. 21 181 Park_OT626/551_Fall, 2012 Pg 5