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Duration
The course comprises two lectures a week for a
total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: The Executive Officer, Loyola Institute,
Irish School of Ecumenics-Loyola Institute
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 4790, email:
Literary and Historical
Approaches to the Torah/
Pentateuch
This course studies a literary tradition that has
exerted a profound influence on Jewish and
Christian religious expressions from antiquity to
the present: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, and Deuteronomy. On the one hand,
historical questions related to the formation of the
Torah from the Babylonian Exile (
c.
600
BCE) to
its completion in the Persian Period (
c.
400
BCE)
will be asked, as well as related issues about its
composition and use of sources. On the other
hand, introducing the Torah as it was translated
(
i.e. Pentateuch), interpreted (i.e. reception
history), and commented upon as a completed
literary whole in antiquity will also be studied.
How to apply
Applications to: The Executive Officer, Loyola
Institute, Irish School of Ecumenics-Loyola
Institute Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 4790, email:
Fee
€150 for the course. Payment should be made
by cheque/draft/postal money order only,
payable to Trinity College no. 1 account.
Date
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
during the week beginning 22 September 2014.
Please note this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course comprises two lectures a week for a
total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: The Executive Officer, Loyola Institute,
Irish School of Ecumenics-Loyola Institute
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 4790, email:
Joshua to Solomon: The
Emergence of Israel
This course studies the debate about the
entrance of the people of Israel to the land west
of the Jordan. It addresses the books of Joshua
and Judges at a time when Israel may be seen
as ‘emerging’, and will continue exploring
questions about Israel in 1-2 Samuel and 1-2
Kings. The question of what Israel was like up to
the time of Solomon (
c.
950
BCE) will be
addressed. Attention will be given to the literary
characteristics and content of the biblical
literature and be placed in dialogue with
archaeology and material culture. Historical and
sociological approaches will be used alongside
rhetorical analysis. The theological significance
of the biblical narratives will be explored with
attention to how it has influenced religious
traditions in broader terms than Ancient Near
Eastern Studies.
How to apply
Applications to: The Executive Officer, Loyola
Institute, Irish School of Ecumenics-Loyola
Institute Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 4790, email:
Fee
€150 for the course. Payment should be made
by cheque/draft/postal money order only,
payable to Trinity College no. 1 account.
