一) 課程內容
本課程採用文學手法研讀創世記中的雅各生平，並特別留意他與家人的關係，查考他們之間衝突與和解的過程，嘗試瞭解神為何揀選雅各，如何藉人生不同挑戰考驗雅各及使他成長。
二) 課程目標
- 藉聖經作者對創世記中不同的人物多角度的描繪，體會人生理想與慾念的交戰，思索屬神的人在信仰心路歷程應存的敬畏心態，及如何勇敢面人生際遇上的得失。
- 學習欣賞聖經故事的藝術性表達手法，掌握聖經故事的釋經原則及研讀技巧。
三) 課程範圍/大綱
- 父子情仇-雅各及亞伯拉罕
- 兄弟爭鬥-雅各及約瑟
- 夫妻恩怨-雅各與利亞
- 神人摔跤-雅各與耶和華
- 雅各的故事-創世記的主旨
四）功課要求
- 閱讀參考資料 (300頁) 5% (15小時)
- 專文 (6000字) (請在專文最後一頁列出閱讀書目及頁數) 95% (35小時)
五）參考書目
1. 川普.朗文 著 ; 戴宜真 譯。《如何讀創世記 》。 台北 : 友友, 2010。
2. 艾倫.羅斯著; 孫以理, 郭秀娟合譯。《創造與祝福 : 創世記註釋和信息》。 台北 : 校園, 2001。
3. 南宮梅芳。《聖經中的女性 : <創世記>的文本與潛文本》。 北京 : 社會科學文獻, 2012。
4. 馮象。《創世記 : 傳說與譯注》。北京 : 生活.讀書.新知三聯, 2012。
5. 黃儀章。《創世記十二至五十章的生命信息 : 藉我賜恩福 》。 香港:天道發行, 2007。
6. 謝挺。《創世記》。 香港: 明道社, 2008-2011。
7. 蘇穎睿, 蘇劉君玉。《 風雨中成長 : 雅各生平研讀》。 香港 : 基督徒學生褔音團契, 2010。
8. 羅倫斯.端納著 ; 凌民興等譯。《創世記文學註釋》。香港 : 環球聖經公會 : 天道, 2003。
9. Alter, Robert. Genesis: translation and commentary. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.
10. Bailey, Kenneth E. Jacob & the prodigal : how Jesus retold Israel's story. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2003.
11. Coats, George. From Canaan to Egypt: structural and theological context for the Joseph story. Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1976.
12. Green, Barbara. What profit for us?: remembering the story of Joseph. Lanham Md.: University Press of America, 1996.
13. Griffiths, Paul. God and the troubles of life. Bradford on Avon: Terra Nova Publications, 2000.
14. Kendall, R. All’s well that ends well: the life of Jacob. Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1998.
15. Kugel, James. The ladder of Jacob: ancient interpretations of the biblical story of Jacob and his children. Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006.
16. Syrén, Roger. The forsaken first-born: a study of a recurrent motif in the patriarchal narratives. Sheffield England: JSOT Press, 1993.
17. Trible, Phyllis. Hagar, Sarah, and their children Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives. Louisville Ky: WJK Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.
18. Wallace, Ronald. The story of Joseph and the family of Jacob. Grand Rapid Mich. ;Edinburgh U.K.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.;Rutherford House, 2001.
19. Walton, Kevin. Thou traveller unknown: the presence and absence of God in the Jacob narrative. Carlisle Cumbria U.K.; Waynesboro GA U.S.A.: Paternoster Press, 2003.
ABS Library Full Text Online:
1. Anderson, John E. Jacob and the Divine Trickster : A Theology of Deception and Yhwh's Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle. Winona Lake: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011.
2. Assis, Eliyahu. Identity in Conflict: The Struggle between Esau and Jacob, Edom and Israel. Winona Lake: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016.
3. Fung, Yiu-Wing. Victim and victimizer: Joseph’s interpretation of his destiny. Sheffield England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
4. Goldman, Shalom. The Wiles of Women/The Wiles of Men : Joseph and Potiphar's Wife in Ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, and Islamic Folklore. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.
5. Greenspahn, Frederick E. When Brothers Dwell Together : The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible. Cary: Oxford University Press,1994.
6. Levenson, Alan T. Joseph : portraits through the ages. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, c2016.
8. Moberly, R.W.L. The theology of the book of Genesis. Cambridge. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
9. Rabow, Jerry. The Lost Matriarch: Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2014.
10. Schlimm, Matthew Richard. From fratricide to forgiveness : the language and ethics of anger in Genesis. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011.
11. Vrolijk. Paul D. Jacob's wealth: an examination into the nature and role of material possessions in the Jacob-cycle (Gen 25:19-35:29). Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
12. Zakovitch, Yair. Jacob: unexpected patriarch. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2012.