Course TP102 · Year I · Summer 2022-2023

Old Testament Study (II)

Compulsory course in Pastoral Orthodox Theology, taught by Remus Onișor.

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Overview

Lecturer
Remus Onișor
Seminar tutor
Remus Onișor
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Theology
Field of study
Pastoral Orthodox Theology
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, debate

Aims

- mastering the teachings contained in the didactic-poetic books

- mastering the teachings of the related messianic prophecies

- emphasize the connection between the poetic mission and the social mission of today.

Course contents

1. Hebrew poetry. Parallelism of the limbs.
2. The authors and the division of the Psalms.
3. Contents of the Psalms
4. The Messianic Psalms
5. The book of Job and its anthropological value.
6. Wisdom literature
7. Solomon's parables
8. The Book of Qohelet.
9. The Song of Songs book.
10. The complaints of Jeremiah
11. The Book of Esther
12. The messianic prophecies from the didactic-poetic books.
13. The importance of didactic-poetic literature.
14. The non-canonical additions to the book of Esther, to Psalms, to Paralipomena, to Daniel.

Learning outcomes

 - To define, in general, the characteristics of the didactic-poetic literature.
 - To memorize the messianic psalms and their relationship with the New Testament.
 - To retain the theological ideas of the didactic-poetic books (the relationship between man and God; the teaching about man and angels; the role of women in Jewish society; the problem of the suffering of law in the world).
 - Emphasize the role and importance of the psalms in the history of salvation.
 

Assessment

Written exam

Recommended reading

A Complete Survey of Old Testament History
Samuel Schulz
HarperOne;, Sun Francisco, 1999 · 464
Le Grand Livre de la Bible
John Bowker
Fayard, Paris, 1999 · 452
,Introduction a l Ancien TestamentGeneve
Hans Kung
Continuum, Genève, 1995 · 782