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B7192C Isaiah

This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in the study of Isaiah.
Unit Overview

Qualification

Bachelor

Unit Availability

N/A

Study Mode

N/A

Placement

N/A

Corequisite

N/A

Notes

N/A

Unit Details

The book of Isaiah is one of the larger Bible books, and (along with Psalms) is most used by Jesus and the writers of the New Testament. Isaiah has also been influential in the church and Judaism. However, as well as being long, it is complex. It speaks to (at least) three distinct phases of the history of the Jewish people. As well as talk of God’s Messiah, it also presents the mysterious figure of the Servant of the Lord. It is full of passion and poetry, fierce denunciations of wrong and beautiful declarations of God’s redemptive power and love. It is firmly rooted in the world of here and now, yet envisages New Heavens and a New Earth. This unit will begin with an overview of the book and composition matters, and then address selected themes and passages.

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate relevant knowledge of Isaiah.
  2. Analyse specific elements of Isaiah by utilising methodologies appropriate to the discipline.
  3. Incorporate relevant primary and secondary scholarship into a study of Isaiah.
  4. Utilise practical, critical and/or analytic skills to apply knowledge gained to a specific context.
  5. Apply the results of their study to enrich Christian life, ministry or theology.
  1. The socio-historical and cultural context of Isaiah
  2. Composition matters
  3. The prophet, the message and the prophetic call
  4. Literary forms, structure and content of Isaiah
  5. Analysis of major themes and issues in Isaiah
  6. Exegesis of selected passages in Isaiah
  7. Interpretation of Isaiah in reception history: Jewish and Christian traditions
  8. Isaiah in the modern world
  1. Facilitation Assessment (15%)
    Word Limit: 750
    Due: Week 4
    OR
    Integrated Learning Portfolio (15%)
    Word Limit: 2350 total
    Due: Week 4, 7, 10
  2. Thematic Essay (40%)
    Word Limit: 2000
    Due: Week 8
  3. Exegetical Essay (45%)
    Word Limit: 2250
    Due: Week 12
  • Goldingay, John. The Theology of the Book of Isaiah. Downers Grove: IVP, 2014.

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