科 目：BS530-E 古近東文化與文本
上課日期：2025年7月2日(三)至 7月5日(六)、7月7日(一)至7月11日(五) (共9課)
上課時間 (香港時間)：
2-4/7 (三至五) 7-9:30pm
5/7 (六) 9:30am-5:00pm
7-11/7 (一至五) 7-9:30pm
上課形式：實體 + Zoom，並提供錄影
(錄影回看期：2星期)
教 授：李穗洪博士
PhD（中大2014-18）；MDiv （中大2011-14）；MCS（建道2005-10）；MBA （中大 1996-98）；BSSc（ 中大1992-96）
現時部分時間任教：建道神學院、中國神學研究院、中國宣道神學院
曾全時間任教：播道神學院（2019-21）
其他曾部分時間任教：崇基學院神學院、YMCA 基督教事工書院、香港大學專業進修學院
A. 課程內容
古以色列常與埃及、亞述、巴比倫衝突和交流，深受其古近東世界影響。課程探索古近東的宗教、政治、經濟、社會、法律、文學，並與舊約平衡的古近東文本，以幫助我們從不同向度去深度認識與反思舊約聖經與其世界。
B. 科目要求
1. 比較一篇古近東文本與一段聖經經文或一卷聖經書卷的研究專文（約5000字）
C. 參考書目
1. Dodson, Derek S., and Smith, Katherine E., eds. Exploring Biblical Backgrounds: A Reader in Historical & Literary Contexts. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018.
2. Beyerlin, Walter, ed. Near Eastern Religious Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Old Testament Library. London: SCM, 1978. Foster, Benjamin R. Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, Vol. 1. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1993.
3. Foster, Benjamin R. From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995.
4. Green, Alberto R.W. The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East. Missoula, Montana: Scholar Press, 1973
5. Hallo, William W. and Younger, K. Lawson. The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World, 3 vols. Leiden; New York: Brill, 1997.
6. Kriwaczek, Paul. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization. London, UK: Atlantic Books, 2012.
7. Leick, Gwendolyn, ed. The Babylonian World. London, UK: Routledge, 2009.
8. Lichtheim, Miriam, ed., Ancient Egyptian Literature. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019.
9. Liverani, Mario., and Tabatabai, Soraia. The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Milton Park, UK; New York, NY: Routledge, 2014.
10. Matthews, Victor H. and Benjamin, Don C., eds. Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories form the Ancient Near East. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2016.
11. Nissinen, Martti. Love Songs of The New Kingdom. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1974.
12. Pritchard, James B. The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2011.
13. Simpson, William Kelly, ed., The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. Third edition. New Haven, CT & London, UK: Yale University Press, 2003.
14. Snell, Daniel C. Religions of the Ancient Near East. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
15. Walton, John H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Second edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2018.
16. 陳恆。《巴比倫的智慧：美索不達米亞文明》台北：新視野，2019年。
17. 李穗洪 著。《古近東文士》YouTube頻道：(https://www.youtube.com/@dr.albertshlee2660)
上課日期：2025年7月2日(三)至 7月5日(六)、7月7日(一)至7月11日(五) (共9課)
上課時間 (香港時間)：
2-4/7 (三至五) 7-9:30pm
5/7 (六) 9:30am-5:00pm
7-11/7 (一至五) 7-9:30pm
上課形式：實體 + Zoom，並提供錄影
(錄影回看期：2星期)
教 授：李穗洪博士
PhD（中大2014-18）；MDiv （中大2011-14）；MCS（建道2005-10）；MBA （中大 1996-98）；BSSc（ 中大1992-96）
現時部分時間任教：建道神學院、中國神學研究院、中國宣道神學院
曾全時間任教：播道神學院（2019-21）
其他曾部分時間任教：崇基學院神學院、YMCA 基督教事工書院、香港大學專業進修學院
A. 課程內容
古以色列常與埃及、亞述、巴比倫衝突和交流，深受其古近東世界影響。課程探索古近東的宗教、政治、經濟、社會、法律、文學，並與舊約平衡的古近東文本，以幫助我們從不同向度去深度認識與反思舊約聖經與其世界。
B. 科目要求
1. 比較一篇古近東文本與一段聖經經文或一卷聖經書卷的研究專文（約5000字）
C. 參考書目
1. Dodson, Derek S., and Smith, Katherine E., eds. Exploring Biblical Backgrounds: A Reader in Historical & Literary Contexts. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018.
2. Beyerlin, Walter, ed. Near Eastern Religious Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Old Testament Library. London: SCM, 1978. Foster, Benjamin R. Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, Vol. 1. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1993.
3. Foster, Benjamin R. From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995.
4. Green, Alberto R.W. The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East. Missoula, Montana: Scholar Press, 1973
5. Hallo, William W. and Younger, K. Lawson. The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World, 3 vols. Leiden; New York: Brill, 1997.
6. Kriwaczek, Paul. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization. London, UK: Atlantic Books, 2012.
7. Leick, Gwendolyn, ed. The Babylonian World. London, UK: Routledge, 2009.
8. Lichtheim, Miriam, ed., Ancient Egyptian Literature. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019.
9. Liverani, Mario., and Tabatabai, Soraia. The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Milton Park, UK; New York, NY: Routledge, 2014.
10. Matthews, Victor H. and Benjamin, Don C., eds. Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories form the Ancient Near East. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2016.
11. Nissinen, Martti. Love Songs of The New Kingdom. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1974.
12. Pritchard, James B. The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2011.
13. Simpson, William Kelly, ed., The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. Third edition. New Haven, CT & London, UK: Yale University Press, 2003.
14. Snell, Daniel C. Religions of the Ancient Near East. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
15. Walton, John H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Second edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2018.
16. 陳恆。《巴比倫的智慧：美索不達米亞文明》台北：新視野，2019年。
17. 李穗洪 著。《古近東文士》YouTube頻道：(https://www.youtube.com/@dr.albertshlee2660)