Old Testament - First Comprehensive Examination - RETA1100

• Title: Old Testament - First Comprehensive Examination
• Form of teaching: nothing
• Guaranteed by: Katedra biblických studií (27-BS)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: both
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: 0/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; can be fulfilled in the future; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: prof. Filip Čapek, Ph.D.; doc. Petr Sláma, Ph.D.; doc. Mgr. Jan Rückl, Ph.D.
• Class: elective
• Pre-requisite : RETA1011

Annotation

Prerequisite: passing the course Old Testament Seminar 1 (RETA1011).

The comprehensive examination in the Old Testament consists of three parts:
a) exegesis of Old Testament texts
b) literary introduction to the Old Testament
c) history of ancient Israel and Judaea, their religions and their cultural and historical context.

Students prepare in advance a systematic exegesis of a total of four biblical passages (consisting of about 20
verses), of which the examiners choose one.
Students hand in their written exegetical work two days before the examination. During the examination of the
exegesis of the prepared text (but not during its translation!) it is possible to look at the written material, support the
interpretation by using prepared diagrams, etc.
Detailed information about the material covered in the examination, its organisation, and the requirements for
preparation, are published on the website of the Department: https://web.etf.cuni.cz/ETFN-649.html

Last update: Vančová Eliška, Mgr. (29.05.2020)

Course completion requirements

Two days before the examination students must hand in:

a) an exegetical treatment of a total of four sections of Old Testament texts (translation by the student from Hebrew, analysis and interpretation of the text in its literary and historical context)

b) a list of literature studied

Last update: Vančová Eliška, Mgr. (29.05.2020)

Literature

ARNOLD, Bill T. Introduction to the Old Testament (Introduction to Religion), 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 436 p. ISBN 978-0521705479.

BARTON, John. The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-521-48144-9.

COLLINS, John J. A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018 (3rd ed.). 376 p. ISBN 9781506445991.

COLLINS, John J. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible , 3rd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018. 622 s. ISBN 9781506445984.

CHILDS, Brevard S. Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture . London: SCM Press, 1979. 688 s. ISBN 334-02086-7.

GOLDINGAY, John. An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches and Issues, London: SPCK Publishing, 2016 (3rd ed.). 400 p. ISBN 9780281075355.

RENDTORFF, Rolf. The Old Testament. An introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1991. 320 p. ISBN 9780800625443.

OEMING, Manfred (Hrsg.). Das Alte Testament im Rahmen der antiken Religionen und Kulturen (Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel 39). Münster: LIT Verlag, 2019. 438 s. ISBN 978-3-643-14392-1.

Last update: Vančová Eliška, Mgr. (29.05.2020)