Seminar Title: Expository Preaching and the Old Testament

SEMINAR: HOMI 820 SEMINAR TITLE: EXPOSITORY PREACHING AND THE OLD TESTAMENT FACULTY: KEVIN KING, DMIN, PHD PHONE: 434-592-4017 EMAIL: [email protected] OFFICE: CARTER #157

I. COURSE DESCRIPTION This 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 students’ 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, 1999. ISBN: 978-0802844491 Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. The Promise-Plan of God: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008. ISBN: 978-0310275862 ____. Toward Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis of Preaching and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1998. ISBN: 978-0801021978 HOMI 830- Expository Preaching in the Old Testament

Kent, Grenville, Paul J . Kissling and Laurence A. Turner. Reclaiming the Old Testament for Christian Preaching. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2010. ISBN: 978-0830838875 Merrill, Eugene. Everlasting Dominion: A Theology of the Old Testament. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2006. ISBN: 978-0805440263 Stuart, Douglas. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors, 4th ed. Louisville: Westminster/John 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, 2008. ISBN: 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 Kaiser’s Toward an Exegetical Theology and Goldsworthy’s Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture. The second critical reflection paper will be comparing and contrasting Greidanus’ Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

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and Merrill’s Everlasting Dominion: A Theology of the Old Testament. MLO: B C. Prepare a Unit Analysis of the Abraham narrative and the book of Ruth. The style guidelines will follow Stuart’s 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. n.b. This assignment is to conducted inductively. Do not consult commentaries or other reference tools. You must base your analysis on the Hebrew text and/or the New American Standard Version. MLO: C

D. The student will provide their calendar of preaching for the next full calendar year. 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 pts Critical Reflection 1 100 pts Critical Reflection 2 100 pts Unit Analysis 1 300 pts Unit Analysis 2 (Lessons x–x) 300 pts Preaching Calendar 100 pts Total 1,000 pts

B. Scale:

940-1000 A 920-939 A- 900-919 B+ 860-899 B 840-859 B- 820-839 C+ 780-819 C 760-779 C- 740-759 D+ 700-739 D 680-699 D- BELOW 679 F

VIII. POLICIES A. ATTENDANCE POLICIES

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

B. OTHER POLICIES

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

2. Drop/Add Policy Consult the Graduate Catalog for drop/add 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 Policy All 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) Notes Mon Introduction Critical Reflection Papers A, B Tues Lectures A, B, C Wed Unit Analysis C Thur Unit Analysis C Fri Wrap up discussions B, C

Submit Final Paper TBA D

X. BIBLIOGRAPHY A. On Preaching the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

Elizabeth Achtemeier, The Old Testament and the Proclamation of the Gospel (Philadelphia:Westminster, 1973).

______, Preaching from the Old Testament (Louisville: Westminster/John 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 (Minneapolis:Fortress,1996).

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).

Emanuel Hirsch, Das Alte Testament und die Predigt des Evangeliums (Tübingen: 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: Westminster/John 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).

______, ed., Reading and Preaching the Book of Isaiah (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988).J. Alfred Smith, Sr., �ew 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, “Reading and Preaching the Old Testament,” in Listening to the Word: Studies in Honor of Fred B. Craddock, eds. Gail R. O’Day and Thomas G. Long (Nashville:Abingdon, 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, “The Book of Genesis: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections,” in the New Interpreter’s 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).

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 Publication Society, 1989).

John Skinner, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Genesis, 2d ed., International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh: T & 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 may contact the Office of Disability Academic Support (ODAS) in DH 2016 to make arrangements for academic accommodations. For all disability testing accommodation requests (i.e. quieter environment, extended time, oral testing, etc.) the Tutoring/Testing Center is the officially designated place for all tests administered outside of the regular classroom.