Textbooks:
- An English Bible translated recently with careful scholarship. NRSV or NIV are acceptable; KJV is not. Electronic versions are acceptable.
- John J. Collins. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. 3 ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1-5064-4598-4. Be sure the ISBN matches. The book is also available electronically for much lower cost from Amazon, if you do not mind reading on a screen, and has been placed on Red Spot in the library.
Resources:
- Study Guide Part 1
- Study Guide Part 2
- Readings from The Context of Scripture
- Commentary Recommendations (Princeton Seminary)
Presentation Slides from Class:
- June 11 — Introduction to the Course, Communication and Linguistics
- June 18 — Primeval Mythologies, Orality and Writing
- June 25 — Patriarchs 1, Text and Transmission
- July 9 — Patriarchs 2, Translation, Poetics and Rhetoric
- July 16 — Exodus, Priestly Theology, Form and Tradition-History
- July 23 — Deuteronomy
- August 13 — Joshua, Judges, Research Sources, Canonical Criticism
- August 20 — Historiography and Archaeology
- August 27 — Literary Theory
- September 3, 10, 17 — Prophecy