BS579 -- 舊約專題：舊約敘述文體釋經法 -- 馮耀榮牧師

一）課程內容

聖經本質是神的啟示，而其啟示形式有相當部分是文學性的。故事與詩歌是舊約聖經主要的文學體裁，其表達手法充滿誇飾與婉語，與命題式的直接宣稱成為強烈的對比。本課程研究舊約敘述文體釋經之方法，一方面欣賞聖經文學的優秀之處，另一方面明白聖經作者如何透過故事傳遞永恆的真理。

二）課程目標

讓學員掌握研讀舊約故事的技巧。

三）課程進度

  1. 場景的設計
  2. 敘述與對話
  3. 重複的技巧
  4. 人物的刻劃
  5. 複合的手法
  6. 敘述與知識
  7. 聖經研究文學進路
  8. 真理的啟示與文學的隱晦性

四）功課

  1. 閱讀教科書 (10小時)
  2. 專文 (5000-7000字) 100%  (40小時)

           選擇教科書其中一章所論述的技巧並作一釋經應用。

五）教科書

Alter, Robert.  The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981. （中譯本： 奧爾特著。黃愈軒、譚晴譯。《 聖經敘述文的藝術》。香港：天道，2005。同一本書, 不同譯本：罗伯特．阿尔特着。章智源译 ; 周彩萍、梁工校。《圣经叙事的艺术》。北京 : 商务印书馆，2010。） 

六）參考書目（實體版）

  1. Bar-Efrat, Shimon, Narrative Art in the Bible. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1989.
  2. Berlin, Adele. Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1983.
  3. Clines, David J.A. & Tamara C. Eskenazi, eds. Telling Queen Michal’s Story: An Experiment in Comparative Interpretation. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.
  4. Gunn, David & Danna Fewell. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  5. Exum, J. Cheryl and David J.A. Clines, eds. The New Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, 1993.
  6. Fokkelman, J.P. Narrative Art & Poetry in the Books of Samuel. Vol. I: King David. Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1981.
  7. Fokkelman, J. Reading Biblical Narrative: An Introductory Guide. Louisville KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999.
  8. Garsiel, Moshe. The First Book of Samuel: A Literary Study of Comparative Structures, Analogies & Parallels. Jersualem: Revivim Publishing House, 1990.
  9. Gunn, David M. The Story of King David. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1978.
  10. Jobling, David. Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry: 1 Samuel. Minneosta: Liturgical Press, 1998. 
  11. Morrison, Craig E. Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry: 2 Samuel. Minneosta: Liturgical Press, 2013.
  12. Miscall, Peter D. 1 Samuel: A Literary Reading. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. 
  13. Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith. Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics. London & New York: Routledge, 1983.
  14. 福克爾曼著。胡玉藩、伍美詩、陳寶嬋譯。《聖經敘述文體導讀》。香港:天道，2003。
  15. 張玉明。《以利亞以利沙的故事 : 敘事文體釋經法》。香港:天道, 2003。
  16. 羅倫斯端納著。凌民興等譯。《創世記文學註釋》。香港:天道， 2003。


       參考書目（ 電子版）
  1. Alter, Robert.  The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981.
  2. Bar-Efrat, Shimon, Narrative Art in the Bible. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1989.
  3. Clines, David J.A. & Tamara C. Eskenazi, eds. Telling Queen Michal’s Story: An Experiment in Comparative Interpretation. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.
  4. Dearman, J. Andrew. Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
  5. Exum, J. Cheryl and David J.A. Clines, eds. The New Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, 1993.
  6. Fokkelman, J.P. Narrative Art & Poetry in the Books of Samuel. Vol. I: King David. Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1981.
  7. Fewell, Nolan Danna, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative. New York, Oxford University Press, 2016. 
  8. Gunn, David M. The Story of King David. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1978.
  9. Gunn, David & Danna Fewell. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  10. Jobling, David. Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry: 1 Samuel. Minneosta: Liturgical Press, 1998. 
  11.  Jobling, David. The Sense of Biblical Narrative : Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible, II. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1987.
  12.  Sternberg, Meir. The poetics of biblical narrative: ideological literature and the drama of reading. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
  13.  Zeelander, Susan. Closure in Biblical Narrative. Leiden: Brill, 2011.