LMKB202 Reading and interpretation of biblical and other texts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivana Procházková, Th.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 14:10–17:25 zruseno C21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Výuka se koná blokově v těchto dnech: 25.2., 11. 3., 25. 3., 8. 4., 22. 4. a 13. 5. 2013.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/22, only registered: 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: making students understand, analyse and explain major functions of the at the asked comunicative situation; make interpret a simple literary text and non-literary text; to explain own decisions how to interpret a chosen text.
Syllabus
  • Reading and Interpretation of Biblical texts and biblical motives in literature or poetry. Theological hermeneutics in dialogue with literary hermeneutics. The course goal is to enable students to identify, interpret, assess religious, respective mythical elements and motives, religious ideas, symbols, allusions and echoes, religious rituals, etc. in their appropriate cultural, literary and semantic contexts. The students will prove their skills in seminar papers. Papers will be projected as comparative papers or interpretative essays of concrete works of Czech modern literature or poetry. Students will gain basic information in reference to theological hermeneutics including methods of Biblical criticism, hermeneutics of fundamental theology etc. Texts of Old and New Testaments will be introduced as literature of different genres and different functions. Students will become acquainted with linguistic, cultural and historical context of the Bible-text origin. Finally or further (you choose most appropriate word) students will learn to use critical and explanatory notes of Bible text, concordances, lexicons, commentaries etc. The course is composed of six sessions which combine lectures and seminars: Session One A. Lecture: The aim of the course, basic introduction to theological hermeneutics (history, methods etc.) B. Lecture: The Bible as holy text (Bible as the Word of God – the hot issue of Biblical inspiration. Introduction of the Bible as literary corpus. C. Seminary: Joseph and Aseneth (ancient apocryphal novel.) D. Lecture: Basic tools for work with Biblical text: concordances, lexicons, commentaries etc. Session Two A. Lecture: Problems of Biblical translation. B. Seminary (presentation of student papers) C. Lecture: Biblical canon, variants of canons, the process of formation. D. Seminary (presentation of students papers) Session Three A. Lecture: Problems of interpretation of the “holy text”. Why is the “holy text” interpreted? The Bible and the Tradition. B. Seminary (presentation of student papers) C. Lecture: The Text of the Bible – languages, text variants and Textual criticism D. Seminary (presentation of student papers) Session Four A. Lecture: Literary genres, Genre criticism. B. Seminary (presentation of student papers) C. Lecture: Theology in the narrow sense of a word – who/what is God. The main topic of Biblical theology and Bible texts. D. Seminary (presentation of student papers) Session Five A. Lecture: Biblical cosmogony – genesis, existence and future of the world. The testimony of Biblical texts. B. Seminary (presentation of student papers) C. Lecture: Biblical anthropology – who/what is human beings. The testimony of Biblical texts. D. Seminary (presentation of student papers) Session Six A. Lecture: Soteriology – salvation, savior – human mediator of salvation. One of the crucial topics of Biblical theology. B. Seminary (presentation of student papers) C. Aside: Problems of intertextuality in the Bible – Example of Lam 3:1-24. D. Evaluation of the course, giving credits.
Literature
  • Rolf Rendtorff. Hebrejská bible a dějiny. Úvod do starozákonní literatury. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996.
  • Petr Pokorný. Literární a teologický úvod do Nového zákona. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1993.
  • Petr Pokorný a kol. Hermeneutika jako teorie porozumění od základních otázek jazyka k výkladu bible. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005.
  • Manfred Oeming. Úvod do biblické hermeneutiky. Cesty k pochopení textu. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001.
Teaching methods
Methods used in the course:
lectures, class discussions, group projects, homework.
Assessment methods
Final requirement:
Portfolio with own translations.
Colloquim.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je primárně určen posluchačům oboru Literatura a mezikulturní komunikace; zaregistrovaní studenti oboru LMK budou upřednostněni.
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