MA in Jewish Studies

TH 9181, Law and Narrative in the Old Testament

Credits:  				30

Course Lecturer:  	Prof. Bernard Jackson 

e-mail:					Bernard.Jackson@man.ac.uk

Course Aims::

Through a study of specific legal and narrative texts, to appreciate the close and complex relationship between them and thereby to gain an understanding of the character of Biblical law.

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course unit you should:

1. Basic familiarity with some of the legal institutions reflected in biblical narrative;
2. Basic familiarity with the claims made in biblical narratives about the nature of biblical law and legal adjudication;
3. Basic familiarity with the narrative elements found within Biblical law itself..

Brief Description:

Commencing with an introduction to biblical law and its relation to biblical narrative, the course will examine legal aspects of the pre-patriarchal, patriarchal and royal narratives; narratives of law giving and adjudication; narrative elements in the laws themselves, and the relationship between law, narrative and theology in the Old Testament.

Basic Reading:

Weekly					Mondays 11-1, 2-3 and (4 sessions) 3-4

Taught in: 			Semester 1

Assessment:			100% extended essay of 7,000-8,000 words

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e-mail: Bernard.Jackson@man.ac.uk