First Class September 11, 2010

Pentateuch and Earlier Prophets

Rev. Timothy M. Hayes – Deacon Class

Opening Prayer

Let Your Scriptures be my chaste delight…

O Lord, perfect me, and reveal those pages to me!

See, Your voice is my joy… Give me what I love…

May the inner secrets of Your Word be opened to me when I knock.

 

This I beg, by our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:3) These are the treasures I seek in Your books.  

-- St. Augustine, The Confessions, Book 11, Chapter 2, Nos. 2-4

From the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults

SESSION 1 Introduction

Plunge into Genesis 1

  http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm

Bible in Hebrew

Pre-Test

Discussion of Familiarity with Scripture

Outline of Class Topics

Assignments and Exams

Class Checklist

Interpretation of Scripture Documents of the Church on Scripture http://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/   Note on Interpreting Church Documents http://www.nccbuscc.org/education/catechetics/livlghtspr2001.shtml   Vatican II Dei Verbum http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_196511

18_dei-verbum_en.html   The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church http://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/PBC_Interp-FullText.htm   The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_2

0020212_popolo-ebraico_en.html

Resources

Class

Texts

Library

Internet

Scriptural Interpretation

Hermeneutics and Exegesis

Methods of Biblical Criticism --Source Criticism --Form Criticism --Redaction Criticism --Historical Criticism --Literary Criticism --Rhetorical Criticism --Structural Criticism

-- Narrative Criticism

--Canonical Criticism

Diachronic Reading vs. Synchronic Reading

Scriptural Interpretation

“Original Meanings”

Faith Reception

Oral Tradition

Story-Telling

The Scriptural Texts

The Pentateuch

--Genesis

--Exodus

--Leviticus

--Numbers

--Deuteronomy

The Scriptural Texts

The Historical Writings “Earlier Prophets”

--Joshua

--Judges [Ruth]

--I & II Samuel

--I & II Kings