Covenant in the Old and in the New Testament - KBIB128

• Title: Covenant in the Old and in the New Testament
• Guaranteed by: Department of Biblical Sciences and ancient languages (26-KBV)
• Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D.

Annotation

Last update: doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D. (04.02.2022)

The covenant (Hebrew "berit", Greek "diatheke") is a fundamental structural element of the life of Israel and the disciples of Jesus in the Church in relation to God. The course presents the basic types of covenants against the background of the ancient Near East and shows how their scheme is applied as a theological category in biblical books. The canonical approach prevails in the interpretation, i.e. with regard to the whole Bible, which, however, respects the historical circumstances and the literary character of the individual texts studied.

Literature

Last update: doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D. (04.02.2022)

Basic literature:

Hahn, Scott W. Kinship by Covenant. New Haven - London: Yale University Press, 2009.

Other titles will be added continuously.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D. (04.02.2022)

Students will prepare a paper on a topic of free choise from the material of the seminar. The length of the paper should be between 4500 and 9000 characters.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. ThLic. Jaroslav Brož, Th.D. (04.02.2022)

I. The theme of covenant today: overview of research

II. The Old Testament

1. Promise to patriarchs

2. The Covenant of Sinai (Exod. 19-24)

3. The role of the Covenant in the book of Deuteronomy

4. The Liturgy of the Covenant (Josh. 24)

5. The Royal Covenant with David

6. The Covenant of love in the books of prophets

7. The covenant of God with the world

8. Post-exile period

9. Conclusion

III. The New Testament

1. The Eucharist and the Covenant

2. Paul and the Covenant

3. The Epistle to the Hebrews

IV. Covenant and creation