Course: Old Testament 2

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Course title Old Testament 2
Course code KTEO/SZ2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Mackerle Adam, doc. ThLic. Th.D.
Course content
1) Course introduction 2) Historiografy 3) Novels 4) Prophetic figures and prophetic books 5) Prophetic books with date 6) Prophetic books without dates 7) Introduction into wisdom literature 8) Scholastic wisdom 9) Speculative wisdom 10) Poetic literature 11) Apokalypticism and Daniel

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The goal of this subject is to introduce the students to the textual, literary and theological aspects of the Old Testament writings.
After the course, the student will be acquainted with all the books of the OT, with their historical origin and development, and with their theological meaning. (S)he will also understand the main theological themes of the OT writings and their position within the Canon and their relevance for the community.
Prerequisites
to have successfully passed the previous course SZ1

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

In the first part of the exam, the student will write a test in order to prove his/her basic knoledge of the OT. See the basic literature. Then, the second and oral part of the exam consists in proving one's detailed knoledge of secondary literature chosen previously with the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • Bándy, Juraj. Teológia Starej zmluvy. Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava, 2003. ISBN 80-223-1793-4.
  • Bándy, Juraj. Úvod do Starej zmluvy. Bratislava, 2003. ISBN 80-223-1885-X.
  • Barton, John. Historie Bible. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7017-315-2.
  • Flossman, Karel. Moudrost ve Starém zákoně.. Praha : Česká katolická charita, 1989.
  • Heller Jan. Tři svědkové: Mojžíš - Izaiáš - žalmista. Praha: ISE, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-73.
  • Hoblík, Jiří. Proroci, jejich slova a jejich svět.. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-948-5.
  • Chalupa, P.:. Královna Ester. Kniha Ester v pohledu synchronním a diachronním. Svitavy Trinitas, 1999.
  • Kaiser, Otto. Odkaz alexandrijských Židů. Úvod do deuterokanonických knih Starého zákona. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-7021-592-5.
  • Králik, E.:. Úvod do prorockých kníh Starého zákona. Bratislava, 2004. ISBN 80-7141-461-1.
  • Prosecký, Jiří. Prameny moudrosti.. Praha : ISE, 1995.
  • Rendtorff, R., Hebrejská bible a dějiny. Úvod do starozákonní literatury, Praha. Vyšehrad,. 1996.
  • Römer, Thomas; Macchi, Jean-Daniel,; Nihan, Christophe,; Bureš, Jiří,; Fér, Martin,; Keller, Jakub; Keřkovský, Jan,; Klíma, Lukáš,; Křivohlavá, Kateřina; Rückl, Jan. Úvod do Starého zákona. Vydání první. Jihlava : Mlýn, 2020. ISBN 978-80-86498-71-3.
  • Trstenský, František. Úvod do Knihy žalmov.. Ružomberok, 2008. ISBN 978-80-8084-299-4.
  • Vlková, Ivana. Úvod do prorocké a mudroslovné literatury Starého zákona. Olomouc, 2005. ISBN 80-244-0995-X.
  • Walter Gross, Karl-Josef Kuschel. Bůh a zlo. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005.


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