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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Bible
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Ronnie Goldstein
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wed 9-10
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ronnie Goldstein
Course/Module description:
Readings of central themes in the study of biblical historiography
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
At the end of this course students will be able to
1.Describe the biblical historiography.
2. Explore the historical and social background of biblical historiography.
3. Present classical and critical interpretations of the texts discussed
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
1. David rise to monarchy
2. The succession narrative
3. The deuteronomistic redactio
Required Reading:
B. T. Arnold, "The Weidner Chronicle and the Idea of History in Israel and Mesopotamia", Faith, Tradition, and History. Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context, edited by: Alan Ralph Millard et al., (Winona Lake IN 1994), pp. 129-148.
H. A. Hoffner, "Histories and Historians of the Ancient Near East: The Hittites", Orientalia 49 (1980), pp. 283-332.
W.G. Lambert, "Destiny and Divine Intervention in Babylon and Israel", The Witness of Tradition, OTS vol. 17 (1972), pp. 65-72.
A. Malamat, "Doctrines of Causality in Hittite and Biblical Historiography. A Parallel", VT (1955), pp. 1-12.
E.A. Speiser, "The Biblical Idea of History in its Common Near Eastern Setting", IEJ vol. 7 (1957), pp. 201-216.
J. A. Soggin, "Prolegomena on the Approach to Historical Texts in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East", EI vol. 24 (1994), pp. 212*-215*.
ש"נ קרמר, "ההיסטוריוגראפיה השומרית", א"י ג' (1954/ תשי"ד), עמ' 51-57
ראשית
י"א זליגמן, "ממציאות היסטורית לתפיסה היסטוריוסופית במקרא""", פרקים ב' (ירושלים תשל"א), עמ' 313-273.
י"א זליגמן,"יסודות איטיולוגיים בהיסטוריוגרפיה המקראית", ציון כ"ו (תשכ"א), עמ' 141-169.
מ"ד קאסוטו, "ראשית ההיסטוריוגרפיה בישראל", א"י א' (תשי"א), עמ' 88-85.
H. T. Fowler, "Herodotus and the Early Hebrew Historians", JBL vol. 49 (1930), pp. 207-217.
B. Mazar, "Ancient Israelite Historiography", IEJ vol. 2 (1952), pp. 82-88.
G. von Rad, "The Beginnings of Historical Writing in Ancient Israel", The Problem of the Hexateuch and other Essays, (Edinburgh1966), pp. 166-204.
J. van Seters, "History and Historians of the Ancient Near East - The Israelites", Orientalia 50 (1981), pp. 137-185.
J. van Seters, In Search of History - Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History, New Haven / London 1983.
H. Gressmann, "The Oldest History Writing in Israel", Narrative and Novella in Samuel. Studies by Hugo Gressmann and Other Scholars 1906-1923, JSOTSupp vol. 116 (1991), pp. 9-58. (translated from the German by David E. Orten).
B. Halpern, The First Historians - The Hebrew Bible and History, San Francisco 1988.
M. Z. Brettler, The Creation of History in Ancient Israel, London / New York 1995.
H. Cazelles, "Biblical and Prebiblical Historiography", Israel's Past in Present Research. Essays in Ancient Israelite Historiography, edited by: V. Philips Long, SBTS vol. 7 (1999), pp. 98-128.(translated and revised from: "Historiographies bibliques et pre/bibliques", RB vol. 98 (1991), pp. 481-512).
L. L. Grabbe, "Who Were the First Historians? On the Origins of Critical Historiography", Did Moses Speak Attic? Jewish Historiography and Scripture in the Hellenistic Period, edited by: Lester L. Grabbe, JSOTSupp vol. 317 (Sheffield 2001), pp. 156-181.
G. von Rad, "The Form-Critical Problem of The Hexateuch", The Problem of the Hexateuch and other Essays, (Edinburgh1966), pp. 1-78, esp. 1-13.
G. E. Wright, "Cult and History", Interpretation 16 (1962), pp. 3-20.
י"א זליגמן, "מסורת פולחנית ויצירה היסטוריוגראפית במקרא",,בתוך: דת וחברה בתולדות ישראל ובתולדות העמים הרצאות שהשומעו בכנס השמיני לעיון בהיסטוריה - תשכ"ד, (ירושלים תשכ"ה/1965), עמ' 61-41.
ד. :
Y. Zakovitch, "Story Versus History", Eighth World Congress of Jewish Studies - 1981, WCJS vol. Panel (1983), pp. 47-60.
B. Long, "Historical Narrative and the Fictionalizing Imagination", VT vol. 35 (1985), pp. 405-416.
E. W. Nicholson, "Story and History in the Old Testament", Festschrift James Barr: Language, Theology and the Bible, edited by: Samuel Eugene Balentine & John Barton, (Oxford 1994), pp. 135-150.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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