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Aims of the Module
• To enable students to acquire a detailed knowledge of the patriarchs and prophetic literature as portrayed in the Hebrew Bible and other Second Temple literature (including the Dead Sea Scrolls)
• To provide students with the exegetical tools necessary to engage critically with the portrayal of the patriarchs as constructed in the Book of Genesis, and the construction of prophets in prophetic literature, especially in the Book of Isaiah, and scholarly interaction with them
Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:
• analyse critically a range of texts from patriarchal and prophetic literature;
• evaluate the usefulness and appropriateness of current literary approaches to biblical texts;
• demonstrate the importance and centrality of selected texts from an interfaith perspective;
• interrogate a work of art (visual or literary) based on a theme or character from patriarchal and/or prophetic narratives from a biblical reception perspective and discuss the problems and issues it raises.
Indicative Content
• Introduction to the patriarchs through the Book of Genesis and determine its place in the wider canonical setting.
• Plot and characterisation in the narratives of the three patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 12-36).
• Introduction to prophetic literature by situating and contextualising the book of Isaiah within the canon of the major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel).
• Reviewing the depictions of patriarchal and prophetic literature from an interfaith perspective, focusing particularly on Jewish, Christian and Islamic Tradition.
• Literary and artistic appropriations of patriarchal and prophetic texts.
Assessment One (Reception Focus)
Drawing on secondary scholarship and your own reflections, please answer the following: What is reception history and does it have value in Biblical Studies?
