Instructor(s)

The formation of the Old Testament Canon. Basic literary features/problems associated with the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible (Torah, Neviim, Kethuviim). Questions of Jewish and Christian (Catholic and Protestant) positions about the Old Testament Canon and how they affect the interpretation of the Old Testament literature (e.g. the Septuagint, Apocrypha, Deutero-canon, etc). Attention will be given to the use of the Old Testament in African Independent Churches.