Course
GBB04 - Psalms & Wisdom Literature
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General Information
| Course Type | On Campus |
| Course Category | 1. Sacred Scripture |
| Description | Teaching Objective: Part I: As indicated by Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis no. 78, this course aims at giving the students an example of “the correct methods of exegesis”. Hopefully, the students will be aware of “what the main problems are and their solution” and be able to “acquire a vision of the whole of Sacred Scripture with a clear insight into the principal chapters of the history of salvation”. This course on the Book of Psalms is especially suited to achieve the latter objective inasmuch as it spans at least 1000 years of Old Testament history. Moreover, while some Psalms offer remarkable reviews of the history of salvation, other Psalms are so open to the fulfillment of salvation in the New Testament that the Book of Psalms has not without reasons been called “The Fifth Gospel”. Part II: An Introduction to the Sapiential Literature of the Old Testament. Teaching Content: Part I: At the beginning of the course, a choice will be made of one of the two following formats: a) To demonstrate a detailed exegesis in 5 steps: Text, Context, Form, Word, Message. b) A student may choose one Psalm out of the 52 weeks of the Sunday Responsorial Psalm of that Liturgical year and will share his/her work on Exegesis in a homiletic aspect. Each Psalm then will be studied and presented from the point of view of the most fundamental and pervasive theme of the whole Psalter, “God reigns!” i.e. “Reign of God” theme. Part II: All the sapiential books are treated as well as other books that treat of wisdom themes: Proverbs, Sirach, Qohelet, Job, Wisdom of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Wisdom Psalms, Ruth, Jonah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Lamentations 3, Baruch 3:9-4:4, Daniel 1-6. Teaching Mode: Lecture, Group Discussion and Personal Reading Assessment Mode: Presentation and Written Paper |
| College Organization Structure | Holy Spirit Institute of Theology |
| Course Tuition Fee | 2300.00 |
| Course Combination | There is no records at the moment. |
