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History Studies - AHPG830
This unit offers advanced study of a special topic in History. Topics will be chosen from issues identified in current scholarship, particularly those relevant to methodology in Ancient History, historiography and the study of material evidence. Where available, visiting scholars will participate in this unit. Students will be expected to master relevant scholarship and seek to go beyond it in their research paper.
The topic for Session 1 History Studies is:
Prophets and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.
Few characters from the biblical texts are more loved, reviled, and debated than the prophets whose messages ranged from judgment and condemnation to restoration and salvation. But who were the prophets and what was the function of prophecy in the ancient Near East? These two questions underlie an in-depth look at the lives, culture, and messages of the biblical prophets and provide a path for contextualizing these men/women of God within their broader ancient Near Eastern context. The evolution of the role of prophet and the various types of prophecy are investigated from the earliest evidence (2nd millennium B.C.) to the 4th century B.C. with a brief look to later prophetic work into the Roman period, including prophetic traditions up to the present.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Kyle Keimer |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MAncHist or GradCertAncHist or MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies) |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Ancient History Faculty of Arts |
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