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Former and Latter Prophets (THE 742)

Term: 2024-2025 Spring

Faculty

John S. BergsmaShow MyInfo popup for John S. Bergsma
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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM (1/13/2025 - 5/7/2025) Location: MAIN EGAN 124

Description

This course will study the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Ester, 1 & 2 Maccabees) and the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) in order to discern “what meaning the sacred writers really intended, and what God wanted to manifest by means of their words” (Dei Verbum 12). Attention will be given to literary forms, historical and cultural context, the place of the Prophets in the canon, and the interpretation of it in the tradition of the Church.