The Gospel According to Isaiah (RELG 205)
Term: 2010-11 Academic Year Spring
Schedule
Tue-Thu, 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM (1/10/2011 - 5/13/2011) Location: BLC HH 337
Tue-Thu, 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM (1/10/2011 - 1/12/2011) Location: BLC HH 213
Description
This course is an introduction to and study of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Course content includes: a) an examination of Isaiah's place in the History of Israel and in the larger context of the ancient world; b) the poetics and rhetoric of the book; c) the theology of the book with special emphasis on Messianic prophecy; and d) a basic introduction to major issues in Isaiah scholarship.