This subject focuses on Old Testament narratives from Joshua to 2 Chronicles, which relate ancient Israel's story of origins from settlement in Canaan to the Babylonian exile in 587 BCE. It examines key figures and defining events, with due consideration given to extra-biblical sources and archaeological evidence. The subject investigates the functions of narrative in the writing and rewriting of Israelite history and also explores ethical issues arising from these narratives. Attention is given to the accounts of conquest and settlement, the centralisation of Israel under the monarchy, the division of the kingdom, exile to Babylon and historical interpretation in the work of the Chronicler and in later Jewish and Christian texts.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.
HD/FL
One session
School of Theology
This subject is not available to students who have completed THL202, Old Testament History and Narrative, as this is a paired subject and shares similar content.
THL105 Introduction to Old Testament Studies
THL202 Paired Subject
THL202
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