Learning Outcomes
With the successful completion of the lectures the students will be able to:
- interpret the text of Ο.Τ. critically
- understand the main theological principles of the O.Τ.
- connect the message of the texts with modern reality
- handle the mechanism of critical text and use the relevant biblical terminology
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course begins with the concept of monotheism and polytheism as presented in the Old Testament. This is followed by the revelation of God's name to man and the theology of creation. Israeli traditions, older and newer, are the next issue. The following is a series of theological concepts and concerns: angelic-demonology, the concept of law, faith, the Messiah, sin. Theology closes with the eschatology in the Old Testament and the theology of the temple.
Keywords
Βιβλε, ΟΤ, Theology, Creation