TBA189  CHOSEN AND UNCHOSEN: ELECTION IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS (A.A. 2024/2025)

• Unità Accademica

  Facoltà di Teologia

• Corso

  Licenza in Teologia con specializzazione in Teologia Biblica , Diploma Annuale in Studi Giudaici e Relazioni Ebraico-Cristiane , Licenza in Studi Giudaici e Relazioni Ebraico-Cristiane

Objectives : The course aims: (1) to acquaint the students with the recent theological debate about the chosenness of Israel; (2) to enhance their ability to read critically the biblical text, using a canonical and narrative-critical approach; and (3) to help the students develop a sensibility for the theological qualities of the biblical narratives.

Learning outcomes: The student will be able (1) to understand and explain the positions of different Jewish and Christian authors on the theological debate about the chosenness of Israel; (b) to analyze the biblical texts using a canonical and narrative-critical approach; (c) to recognize the theological implications of the texts analyzed.

Contents : After two introductory sessions dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the Christian and Jewish perspectives on God’s election of Israel, the course will explore, through a close reading of a selection of texts in Genesis (from Genesis 4 to the cycle of Joseph): the questions of the origins and purposes of God’s election; the relationship between elect, non-elect and anti-elect; universalism and particularism; etc.

Methodology: Lectures and text-based discussions.

Prerequisites: Advanced knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.
Means of evaluation : Active participation and a final oral exam.

• Informazioni
• Docenti
• Orario lezioni/Aula
• Bibliografia

Informazioni

• Semestre: 1° Semestre
• ECTS: 3

Docenti

Francisco MARTINS

Orario lezioni/Aula

Semestre	Giorno	Dalle	Alle	Aula	Piano	Palazzo	Note
1° Semestre	Lunedì	8.30	9.15	TBD	0
1° Semestre	Lunedì	9.30	10.15	TBD	0

Bibliografia

• Levenson, J.D., The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son. The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity, Yale University Press, New Haven – London 1993; Lohr, J.N., Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian Interpretation, Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures 2, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 2009; Kaminsky, J., Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election, Abingdon, Nashville 2007.