OT 516Isaiah to MalachiOT 516 IsaiahtoMalachi601‐559‐8381Dr.Currid[email protected]Fall2008hebraic7IsaiahtoMalachiGoals:Thiscourseisnotasurvey.Wewillnotspendtimewithalltheincidentalsthatarenormallycoveredinasurveycourse.Rather,itisourintentiontogetattheheartofthemeaningandmessageoftheprophetsoftheOldTestament.Andwewill attempt to set the prophets into the overall thrust of God’s revelationalhistory–thus,thisisprimarilyacourseonbiblicaltheology.WewilldothisbytracingtheprophetichistoryintheentireBible,andnotjustlimitourselvestothebooks called the Prophets.So we will consider topics suchas the origin ofprophecy,thenatureoffalseprophecy,theschoolsoftheprophets,andsoforth.Understanding the development of prophecy in the Bible is one of our maingoals.Another important goal is to see how the prophetic literature in the OldTestament is used in the New Testament – how does it point to Christ?And,finally,howisittobeusedinthechurchtoday?Howisittobepreached?Textbooks:Thefollowingbooksarerequiredforthecourse:1. W. C. Kaiser, The Messiah in the Old Testament (Grand Rapids:Zondervan,1995).2. O. P. Robertson, The Christ of the Prophets (Phillipsburg, NJ:PresbyterianandReformed,2004).T v f r q c p [ s n m l k y j x w h d g b a 1Requirements:1. Read through the English text of Isaiah to Malachi.You will berequired to report this reading on your final examination.5% of thefinalgrade.2. Read both textbooks in their entirety.Again, you will report thepercentageofreadingonthefinalexamination.5%ofthefinalgrade.3. Term project.It is due by 9:00 pm on December 2.30% of the finalgrade.Laterpaperswillbemarkedoffonelettergradeperday.a. For students who have had at least Hebrew 1‐2: read and translatethe Hebrew text of the Book of Isaiah 49:1‐7; 53; 61:1‐7,compiling as you do a vocabulary list.In the list you willidentify all vocabulary words that you do not immediatelyrecognize,andthenparseallverbformsthatyouareunfamiliarwith.Todiscourageyoufromsimplytakingthismaterialfroma computerand not learning it, you will be given a passagefrom one of the texts to translate on the final examination.Inaddition, you are to submit a detailed outline (two pages,single‐spaced maximum) of a sermon on one of these threepassages.b. For non‐Hebrew language students:Select one of the followingbooks:1. Derek Kidner, The Message of Jeremiah, IV Press,1987; 2. Sinclair Ferguson, Daniel, Word, 1988; 3. John Benton,Losing Touch with the Living God, Evangelical Press, 1985.Read it, and then write a two‐page review of it.Then write apracticalexpositionof apassagefrom thatbiblical book(e.g., ifyou read Ferguson, you must write an exposition ona passagefrom Daniel).Note bibliography for more resources.Yourexpositionshould reflectcarefulstudyof thetextand adequateuse of secondary sources.The exposition should be structuredby a homileticaloutline (to be preached) – so you need toexplain the text, apply the text, and do it in an organizedmanner.Your exposition should not exceed two single ‐spacedtypedpages.4. There will be a finalexamination on the evening of December 2.It isworth60%ofthefinalgrade. 2CourseOutlineIntroductoryMatters Syllabus AuthorityandInspirationofPropheticLiterature OriginofProphecy TitlesUsedofProphets FalseProphecy ProphetsofIdolatry SchoolsoftheProphets CalloftheProphetFirstProphetsofIsraelSamuelNathanCaseStudy:ElijahElishaTheEighthCenturyProphetsJoelObadiahHoseaAmosIsaiah:CaseStudyoftheFourServantSongsJonahMicahTheSeventhCenturyProphetsNahumZephaniahHabakkuk:CaseStudyJeremiah 3ProphetsofExileandRestorationEzekielHaggaiZechariah:CaseStudyoftheVisionsMalachiDaniel
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