This course will launch in September 2014. Contact IMTI to enroll.
Course Description
This 12-week course will cover the metanarrative of the Tanakh, including Biblical theology and themes, and historical and cultural background of the Ancient Near East (ANE) and how monotheistic YHWH-ism stands in contrast to other belief systems of the ANE.
Textbooks
- The Bible (at least Tanakh, in either original languages or in a modern literal translation)
- Shulam, Joseph. Hidden Treasures: The First Century Jewish Way of Understanding the Scriptures. Jerusalem: Messianic Jewish Publisher, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9818-7300-8.
- Walton, John H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8010-2750-5.
- Walton, John H. Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1994 (orig. 1978). ISBN 978-0-3104-8161-9.
Supplemental Handouts/Downloads (ordered to course reading schedule)
- Module 1: Tice, Brian. Why Study the “OT”? (2011).
- Module 1: Tice, Brian. False Bifurcation of Law and Grace (2011).
- Module 4: Kennedy, David B. The Ten Commandments Reflected throughout the OT & NT (2009).
- Module 9: Tice, Brian. Esther’s “Bad Heir” Day (2011).
- Module 9: Tice, Brian. Wisdom Literature (2011).
- Module 10: Tice, Brian. Prophets Supplement (2011).
- Module 11: Tice, Brian. Hebrew Poetry (2011).
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