· Web viewThis course is designed to solidify students’ understanding of the principles and method of expository preaching within the Old Testament literature and genres. Students

SEMINAR HOMI 820SEMINAR TITLE EXPOSITORY PREACHING AND THE OLD TESTAMENTFACULTY KEVIN KING DMIN PHDPHONE 434-592-4017EMAIL klkingsrlibertyedu OFFICE CARTER 157

I COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is designed to prepare students to preach from the Old Testament Special attention will be given to genres and theological themes that arise from the Old Testament text

II RATIONALE

This course is designed to solidify studentsrsquo understanding of the principles and method of expository preaching within the Old Testament literature and genres Students will be challenged to utilize proper homiletical tools for each text for the purpose of admonishing and edifying his congregation

III PREREQUISITES

HOMI 810

IV MATERIALS LIST

Goldsworthy Graeme Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching Grand Rapids MI Eerdmans 2000 ISBN 978-0-8028-4730-7

Greidanus Sidney Preaching Christ from the Old Testament A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method Grand Rapids Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Company 1999ISBN 978-0802844491

Kaiser Walter C Jr The Promise-Plan of God A Biblical Theology of the Old and NewTestament Grand Rapids Zondervan 2008ISBN 978-0310275862

____ Toward Exegetical Theology Biblical Exegesis of Preaching and Teaching Grand Rapids Baker Academic 1998ISBN 978-0801021978

Kent Grenville Paul J Kissling and Laurence A Turner Reclaiming the Old Testamentfor Christian Preaching Downers Grove IVP Academic 2010ISBN 978-0830838875

HOMI 830- Expository Preaching in the Old Testament

Merrill Eugene Everlasting Dominion A Theology of the Old Testament Nashville BampH Academic 2006 ISBN 978-0805440263

Stuart Douglas Old Testament Exegesis A Handbook for Students and Pastors 4th edLouisville WestminsterJohn Knox 2009 ISBN 978-0664233440

Vanhoozer Kevin J Craig Bartholomew and Daniel Treier Editors Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament A Book-by-Book Survey Grand Rapids Baker Academic 2008ISBN 978-0801036248

V MEASURABLE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LBTS PLOS 2 3 4 6)

The student will be able to

A Evaluate Old Testament texts both exegetically and homiletically

B Explain the diverse approaches of interpretation of Old Testament Scriptures

C Defend a Christological overarching approach to preaching of the Old Testament Scripture

D Create a preaching plan for preaching the Old Testament

VI COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A Read all assigned texts books by the time the seminar starts An absolutely essential portion of the course is to be prepared to begin the initial class by having assimilated some of the major ideas contained in the required reading Class participation is absolutely essential in this course and will contribute to the Class Participation portion of the grade as indicated below Emphasis is placed on the quality of responses the understanding of current research involved as well as student preparation MLO A B C

B Write two critical reflection papers of 10 pages each The first critical reflection paper is be based on the comparison and contrasts in approach as found in Kaiserrsquos Toward an Exegetical Theology and Goldsworthyrsquos Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture The second critical reflection paper will be comparing and contrasting Greidanusrsquo Preaching Christ from the Old Testament and Merrillrsquos Everlasting Dominion A Theology of the Old Testament MLO B

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C Prepare a Unit Analysis of the Abraham narrative and the book of Ruth The style guidelines will follow Stuartrsquos Old Testament Exegesis 4th edition The assignment must include the following

1 A statement of the unifying theme of the narrative section on Abraham and on the book of Ruth based on your own study

2 A coherent outline of the assigned sections of Scripture showing how each part of contributes to the development of the theme

3 A graph with the outline showing the proportion of space devoted to each of the segments of the book

4 Included in this unit analysis must be an expanded sermon outline with a clearly articulated main idea of the sermon for the entire section That is you will have accompanying sermon outlines for the entire unit

5 Prepare one sermon manuscript

nb This assignment is to conducted inductively Do not consult commentaries or other reference tools You must base your analysis on the Hebrew text andor the New American Standard Version

MLO C

D The student will provide their calendar of preaching for the next full calendaryear In this plan they will notate the Scripture passages and the main idea

of the sermon in short 2-3 sentence summaries of the sermon Student must keep the cultural calendar in mind as they create their preaching plan

MLO D

VII COURSE GRADING AND POLICIES

A Points [the chart is optional the information is not]

Reading and Class Participation 100 ptsCritical Reflection 1 100 ptsCritical Reflection 2 100 ptsUnit Analysis 1 300 ptsUnit Analysis 2 (Lessons xndashx) 300 ptsPreaching Calendar 100 pts

Total 1000 pts

B Scale

940-1000 A920-939 A-900-919 B+

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860-899 B840-859 B-820-839 C+780-819 C760-779 C-740-759 D+700-739 D680-699 D-BELOW 679 F

VIII POLICIESA ATTENDANCE POLICIES

Class attendance is absolutely essential There will be no excused absence unless approved by the professor

B OTHER POLICIES

1 Academic MisconductAcademic misconduct is strictly prohibited See The Graduate Catalog for specific definitions penalties and processes for reporting

2 DropAdd PolicyConsult the Graduate Catalog for dropadd policies

3 Dress Code Students are expected to maintain a neat professional appearance while in class Consult your department for additional guidelines

4 Classroom Policies Be respectful and add to the learning experience

5 Assignment PolicyAll written work must be typed and double-spaced unless otherwise noted

Additionally all work must follow A Manual for Writers by Kate L Turabian 7th edition For this class all written work will conform to dissertation style demands as found in Turabian

IX CALENDAR

Date Lesson Assignment (LO) NotesMon Introduction Critical Reflection Papers A B

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Tues Lectures A B C Wed Unit Analysis CThur Unit Analysis CFri Wrap up discussions B C

Submit Final Paper TBA D

X BIBLIOGRAPHY A On Preaching the Old TestamentHebrew Bible

Elizabeth Achtemeier The Old Testament and the Proclamation of the Gospel (PhiladelphiaWestminster 1973)

________ Preaching from the Old Testament (Louisville WestminsterJohn Knox 1989)

________ Preaching from the Minor Prophets Texts and Sermon Suggestions (GrandRapids Eerdmans 1998)

________ Preaching Hard Texts of the Old Testament (Peabody Hendrickson 1998) Ronald J Allen and John C Holbert Holy Root Holy Branches Christian Preaching from the Old Testament (Nashville Abingdon 1995)

John Bright The Authority of the Old Testament (Nashville Abingdon 1967)

Walter Brueggemann Cadences of Home Preaching among Exiles (Louisville Westminster John Knox Press 1997)

________ Finally Comes the Poet Daring Speech for Proclamation (Minneapolis Fortress 1989)

________ The Threat of Life Sermons on Pain Power and Weakness ed Charles L Campbell (MinneapolisFortress1996)

James L Crenshaw Trembling at the Threshold of a Biblical Text (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1994)

Ellen F Davis Imagination Shaped Old Testament Preaching in the Anglican Tradition (Valley Forge Trinity Press International 1995)

Graeme Goldsworthy Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 2000)

Donald E Gowan Reclaiming the Old Testament for the Christian Pulpit (Atlanta John Knox 1980)

Sidney Greidanus Preaching Christ from the Old Testament A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1990)

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Emanuel Hirsch Das Alte Testament und die Predigt des Evangeliums (Tuumlbingen J C B Mohr 1936)

John C Holbert Preaching Old Testamnet Proclamation and Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Nashville Abingdon 1991)

John C Holbert ed Preaching from the Old Testament Pentateuch Prophets and Writings Papers of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of

Homiletics December 3-5 1998

Fredrick C Holmgren The Old Testament and the Significance of Jesus Embracing Change -- Maintaining Christian Identity (Grand Rapids Eerdmans

1999)

Howard Clark Kee and Irvin J Borowsky eds Removing Anti-Judaism from the Pulpit (New York Continuum 1996)

Richard Lischer Theories of Preaching Selected Readings in the Homiletical Tradition (Durham Labyrinth 1987)

Thomas G Long The Witness of Preaching (Louisville WestminsterJohn Knox 1989)

________ Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible (Philadelphia Fortress 1989)

Foster R McCurley Jr Proclaiming the Promise Christian Preaching from the Old Testament (Philadelphia Fortress 1974)

________ Wrestling with the Word Christian Preaching from the Hebrew Bible (Valley Forge Trinity Press International 1996)

Alyce M McKenzie Preaching Proverbs Wisdom for the Pulpit (Louisville Westminster John Knox 1996)

Carol Antablin Miles Proclaiming the Gospel of God The Promise of a Literary-Theological Hermeneutical Approach to Christian Preaching of the Old

Testament (Ann Arbor

University Microfilms 2000)Gerhard von Rad Biblical Interpretations in Preaching (Nashville Abingdon 1978) James A Sanders God Has a Story Too

Sermons in Context (Philadelphia Fortress 1979)

Mark Saperstein Jewish Preaching 1200-1800 An Anthology (New Haven Yale University Press 1989)

Christopher Seitz Word Without End The Old Testament as Abiding Theological Witness (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1998)

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________ ed Reading and Preaching the Book of Isaiah (Philadelphia Fortress 1988)J Alfred Smith Sr 1113089ew Treasures from the Old A Guide to

Preaching from the Old Testament (Progressive National Baptist Convention 1987)

R Kendall Soulen The God of Israel and Christian Theology (Minneapolis Fortress 1996)

Dwight E Stevenson Preaching on the Books of the Old Testament (New York Harper and Brothers 1961)

Lawrence E Toombs The Old Testament in Christian Preaching (Philadelphia Westminster 1961)

Gene M Tucker ldquoReading and Preaching the Old Testamentrdquo in Listening to the Word Studies in Honor of Fred B Craddock eds Gail R OrsquoDay and Thomas G

Long (NashvilleAbingdon 1993)

Wilhelm Vischer The Witness of the Old Testament to Christ (London Lutterworth Press 1949)

James Ward and Christine Ward Preaching from the Prophets (Nashville Abingdon 1995)

Claus Westermann The Old Testament and Jesus Christ (Minneapolis Augsburg 1970)

Clark M Williamson and Ronald J Allen Interpreting Difficult Texts Anti-Judaism and Christian Preaching (Valley Forge Trinity Press International 1989)

Hans Walter Wolff Old Testament and Christian Preaching (Philadelphia Fortress 1986) B Selected Commentaries on Genesis

B Various interpretative sources for when preaching from the Old Testament

Walter Brueggemann Genesis Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Atlanta John Knox 1982)

Terence Fretheim ldquoThe Book of Genesis Introduction Commentary and Reflectionsrdquo in the New Interpreterrsquos Bible Volume 1 ed Leander Keck (Nashville

Abingdon 1994) 321-674

Hermann Gunkel Genesis (Macon Mercer University Press 1997)

Victor Hamilton The Book of Genesis Chapters 1-17 New International Commentary on theOld Testament (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1990)

________ The Book of Genesis Chapters 18-50 New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1995)

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Gerhard von Rad Genesis A Commentary rev ed trans John Marks Old Testament Library (Philadelphia Westminster 1972)

Nahum Sarna Genesis JPS Torah Commentary (Philadelphia Jewish PublicationSociety 1989)

John Skinner A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Genesis 2d ed International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh T amp T Clark 1930)

E A Speiser Genesis Anchor Bible 1 (Garden City Doubleday 1964)

Gordon J Wenham Genesis 1-15 Word Biblical Commentary 1 (Waco Word Books 1987)

________ Genesis 16-50 Word Biblical Commentary 2 (Waco Word Books 1994)

Claus Westermann Genesis 1-11 A Commentary (Minneapolis Augsburg 1984)

________ Genesis 12-36 A Commentary (Minneapolis Augsburg 1985)

________ Genesis 37-50 A Commentary (Minneapolis Augsburg 1986)

C Selected Works on (Hebrew) Narrative

Robert Alter The Art of Biblical Narrative (New York Basic Books 1981)

Michael Fishbane Text and Texture Close Readings of Selected Biblical Texts (New York Schocken Books 1979)

J P Fokkelman Reading Biblical Narrative An Introductory Guide (Louisville Westminster John Knox 1999)

John Goldingay Models for Interpretation of Scripture (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1995) especially 1-86

David M Gunn and Danna Nolan Fewell Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (New York Oxford University Press 1993)

Peter D Miscall The Workings of Old Testament Narrative (Philadelphia Fortress 1983)

Meir Sternberg The Poetics of Biblical Narrative Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Bloomington Indiana University Press 1987

XI STUDENTS WITH A DOCUMENTED DISABILITY

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may contact the Office of Disability Academic Support (ODAS) in DH 2016 to make arrangements for academic accommodations For all disability testing accommodation requests (ie quieter environment extended time oral testing etc) the TutoringTesting Center is the officially designated place for all tests administered outside of the regular classroom

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