- Hebrew Prophets--Bible
301
- Goshen College, 2000
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- Tentative Schedule:
- Jan 5 Introduction
"God
in Search of Man" and "What
Manner of Man is the Prophet?" by Abraham Heschel (search
for Heschel in Academic Search Elite in Palni)
- Jan 8-10 Review of OT history:
Covenant and Kingship (Pax
notes on God's Sovereignty and David's Kingship and ANE
Divine Warrior King)
- Law
and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East Part 1 and
Part
2 by George E. Mendenhall
- Jan 12 Moses as a paradigm:
Exodus 1 20, 32-34; Num 11-12; Deut 13; 18:9-22
- Jan 15 Martin Luther King Day
- Jan 17 Samuel: 1 and 2
Samuel
- Jan 19 -22 The Prophets
in the Historical Narrative: 1
Kings independent study
- Jan 24-26 Elijah- Elisha Study
- Jan 29-31 Hosea
- Feb 2 - 5 Amos
- Feb 7-12 1 Isaiah
- Feb 14 Guest Lecture: James Brenneman
- Feb 16 Joel at the Movies
- February 19-23 Reading Week
- Feb 26 - March 3 Micah, Jeremiah
- March 5 Habakkuk- A
wrestler with God: Habakkuk;
- March 7 Writing Workshop
- March 9
- March 12 Zephaniah
- Can God change God's Mind: Zephaniah
- March 14-19 Ezekiel -
Eat the Scroll: Ezekiel
- March 21-26 Deutero and Third
Isaiah: Isaiah 40-66
- March 30 Nahum, Obadiah
and Haggai: Obadiah and Haggai
- April 2 Introduction to Apocalypticism (Biblical
Literature 100 notes) Recommended Reading: Nelson Kraybill,
"Apocalypse
Now" in Christianity Today , 10/25/99, Vol. 43 Issue
12, p30 , 6c (database: Academic Search Elite) Zechariah
- April 4 Daniel
- April 6 Jonah - God and
the Improbable; Jonah; Alan Cooper, "In Praise of Divine
Caprice"
- April 9 Malachi The
End of Prophecy
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- April 11 Jesus as prophet
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