At the end of this course, the student will be able to
- understand the main procedures of biblical exegesis and apply them on a poetic text of the Old Testament ;
- situate the anthropological and theological contribution of significant texts of the Old Testament poetic literature ;
- understand and criticise scientific works in Old Testament exegesis.
Main themes
In order to achieve this end,
- some significant text from Old Testament poetic literature will be studied, with an explanation of the exegetical method and an illustration of the interest of exegetical basic tools;
- some scientific literature about the texts will be read;
- anthropological and theological aspects of the analysed texts will be developed, and their particular contribution in the context of biblical thought enlightened.