Christine Hayes

11/13/2024 – We began listening to her 2006 Open Yale Course titled Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible).

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Syllabus

Description

This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization. A wide range of methodologies, including source criticism and the historical-critical school, tradition criticism, redaction criticism, and literary and canonical approaches are applied to the study and interpretation of the Bible. Special emphasis is placed on the Bible against the backdrop of its historical and cultural setting in the Ancient Near East.

Texts

Berlin, Adele, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds., Michael Fishbane, senior consulting editor. 2004. The Jewish Study Bible: Featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pritchard, James B, ed. 1958. The Ancient Near East, Volume 1: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

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To download the videos, audios, and transcripts go to https://openmedia.yale.edu/projects/iphone/departments/rlst/rlst145.html

About her – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Hayes

To access the full playlist of lectures on YouTube. – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQmjoAiYr–oS0VH-vmK4Ku&si=mWnH7NLsevLp1t2p

An alternative access, maybe without ads, is https://videolectures.net/events/yalerlst145f06_intro_old_testament

Sessions

Lecture 1	The Parts of the Whole
Lecture 2	The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Biblical Religion in Context
Lecture 3	The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context
Lecture 4	Doublets and Contradictions, Seams and Sources: Genesis 5-11 and the Historical-Critical Method
Lecture 5	Critical Approaches to the Bible: Introduction to Genesis 12-50
Lecture 6	Biblical Narrative: The Stories of the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-36)
Lecture 7	Israel in Egypt: Moses and the Beginning of Yahwism (Genesis 37- Exodus 4)
Lecture 8	Exodus: From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 5-24, 32; Numbers)
Lecture 9	The Priestly Legacy: Cult and Sacrifice, Purity and Holiness in Leviticus and Numbers
Lecture 10	Biblical Law: The Three Legal Corpora of JE (Exodus), P (Leviticus and Numbers) and D (Deuteronomy)
Lecture 11	On the Steps of Moab: Deuteronomy
Exam 1	Midterm Exam
Lecture 12	The Deuteronomistic History: Life in the Land (Joshua and Judges)
Lecture 13	The Deuteronomistic History: Prophets and Kings (1 and 2 Samuel)
Lecture 14	The Deuteronomistic History: Response to Catastrophe (1 and 2 Kings)
Lecture 15	Hebrew Prophecy: The Non-Literary Prophets
Lecture 16	Literary Prophecy: Amos
Lecture 17	Literary Prophecy: Hosea and Isaiah
Lecture 18	Literary Prophecy: Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk
Lecture 19	Literary Prophecy: Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah)
Lecture 20	Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature
Lecture 21	Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs
Lecture 22	The Restoration: 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah
Lecture 23	Visions of the End: Daniel and Apocalyptic Literature
Lecture 24	Alternative Visions: Esther, Ruth, and Jonah