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

  1. 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。
  2. 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

  1. 父子情仇-雅各及亞伯拉罕
  2. 兄弟爭鬥-雅各及約瑟
  3. 夫妻恩怨-雅各與利亞
  4. 神人摔跤-雅各與耶和華
  5. 雅各的故事-創世記的主旨

四)功課要求

  1. 閱讀參考資料 (300頁)  5% (15小時)
  2. 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.