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| 0690-1232-01 | Israelite Prophecy: Between History and Literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
Prophets were active in Israel and in Judah throughout the history of the Kingdoms and much beyond, down to the mid-fifth century BCE. Their activity contains involvement in the court, the cultic worship, the communal and the individual daily life. The prophetic literature brings the words of the prophets and their followers in both poetry and prose, stories about the prophets, historiographical materials, etc. But, do the prophetic books retain the prophets as historical figures, or do their books bring a much later portrayal of the prophets as but literary figures? Or, said in a different way, what differs the prophetic activity in Israel from the prophetic books?
This course introduces old and new approaches to the study of the prophetic writings. We will examine the following questions: What characterizes Israelite prophecy? What are the transformations in the prophetic activity and the prophetic literature we can trace through the biblical literature? In what ways can Ancient Near Eastern prophecy shed light on Israelite prophecy and on the prophetic writing? What can Second Temple literature tell of the evolution of prophetic literature?
This course introduces old and new approaches to the study of the prophetic writings. We will examine the following questions: What characterizes Israelite prophecy? What are the transformations in the prophetic activity and the prophetic literature we can trace through the biblical literature? In what ways can Ancient Near Eastern prophecy shed light on Israelite prophecy and on the prophetic writing? What can Second Temple literature tell of the evolution of prophetic literature?