None

This course is integrated and therefore identical with MTP-SPBW2 

The student: 

1.      can describe the current exegetical methods for interpreting Old Testament prophecy and to assess to what extent they can make use of them in their personal research (LOQ 1,2 / MTP ET 2,3);  

2.      can present a written exegesis of an Old Testament text from the Book of Isaiah, which shows that the student can 

• make sound decisions in textcritical issues; 

• come to grips with the exegesis of an Old Testament prophetic text in a methodical and systematic way; 

• identify the methods used in scholarly literature and responsibly integrate them in a reformed/evangelical approach to the text; 

• make fruitful use of grammars, lexicons, and commentaries (LOQ 1,2,7 / MTP ET 2,3,4). 

Textual Criticism (apparatus BHS and BHQ; evaluation of the manuscripts); Hermeneutics (diachronic and synchronic methods in exegesis; how to do exegesis); Biblical Poetics; Exegesis (exegesis of a pericope from the Book of Isaiah, to be chosen in mutual agreement between student and tutor).

Tutorials (with specific attention to the methodology of interpreting prophetic texts from the Old Testament; Twelve Steps of Exegesis; Syntactic and Colometric Analysis). The review of the student’s input for the tutorials on Textual Criticism, Hermeneutics, and Biblical Poetics, according to the learning goals of this course. This is part of the learning process. 

Contact hours: ca. 10 hours (tutorials) 

Preparation: ca. 10 hours 

Self-study: 148 hours 

Review of paper on Exegesis of a pericope from the Book of Isaiah according to the learning goals of this course. 

Obligatory: 

Recommended: 

·        Brotzman, Ellis R., and Eric J. Tully, Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction (Baker Academic, 20162). 

·        Hoop, Raymond de, ‘The Colometry of Hebrew Verse and the Masoretic Accents: Evaluation of a Recent Approach (Part 1)’, JNWSL 26/1 (2000), 47-73. 

·        Hoop, Raymond de, ‘The Colometry of Hebrew Verse and the Masoretic Accents: Evaluation of a Recent Approach (Part 2)’, JNWSL 26/2 (2000), 65-100. 

·        Korpel, Marjo C.A., ‘Introduction to the Series Pericope’, in: Marjo C.A. Korpel & Josef M. Oesch (eds), Delimitation Criticism: A New Tool in Biblical Scholarship, Pericope 1 (Van Gorcum, 2000), 1-50.  

·        Kwakkel, G., Leren interpreteren (reader, version January 2021). 

·        Tov, E., Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012). 

·        Watson, Wilfred G.E., Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques (London: T&T Clark, 2006; reprint of edition from 2005). 

·        Watson, Wilfred G.E., ‘Unit Delimitation in the Old Testament: An Appraisal’, in: Marjo C.A. Korpel, Josef M. Oesch & Stanley E. Porter, Method in Unit Delimitation, Pericope 6 (Brill, 2007), 162-184.  

·        Würthwein, E., and A.A. Fischer, Der Text des Alten Testaments (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2009); ET: The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblica Hebraica (Eerdmans, 2014).