課程簡介:

以斯拉與尼希米乃講述猶大人被擄回歸,重建聖殿和城牆的敘事。本科將透過歷史、文學與文本互涉的進路,探討作者如何在亡國被擄的集體創傷,及波斯帝國的歷史場景下,為被擄回歸群體的身份重建,注入新的想像。

課程大綱:(2:15-5:00pm,每堂2小時45分,共10)

 

329

以斯拉及尼希米導引

412

波斯帝國歷史

419

子民的回歸與祭壇敬拜的恢復 (拉一至三章)

426

重建聖殿與攔阻 (拉四至六章)

53

以斯拉的回歸與摩西律法 (拉七至八章)

510

異族通婚的問題 (拉九至十章)

517

尼希米的回歸與耶城 (尼一至三章)

524

重建城牆與攔阻 (尼四至六章)

531

重立盟約 (尼七至十章)

67

耶路撒冷的人民、城牆奉獻及尼希米的改革 (尼十一至十三章)

 

                                                                             

課程要求:

1.      閱讀以斯拉及尼希米記一次 (10%)

限期:2023619/614(畢業班) (在呈交專文時一併報告閱讀進度)


2.     專文 (佔90%)

限期:2023619/614(畢業班)

字數:6000

任選一題作答:

a)      試討論以斯拉及尼希米中領袖與人民的角色及彼此間的互動關係 。

b)      試討論以下的主題如何帶出以斯拉及尼希米的信息 (可集中討論一個主題,又或討論兩個或以上的主題彼此間的關係)

-          律法

-          聖殿及禮制

-          耶路撒冷

-          身份重建

 c)      為何異族通婚在以斯拉及尼希米中被視為一個問題?

 d)      亡國被擄的經歷如何塑造回歸群體的身份?


參考書目:

 被擄回歸及波斯帝國的背景歷史

Albertz, Rainer. Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. Translated by David Gree. Atlanta: SBL, 2003.

 Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Judaism, the First Phase: The Place of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Origins of Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.

 Briant, Pierre. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002.

 Carter, Charles E. The Emergence of Yehud in the Persian Period: A Social and Demographic Study. JSOTSS 294. Sheffield: JSOT, 1999.

 Gerstenberger, Erhard S. Israel in the Persian Period: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries B. C. E. Translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann. SBLBE 8. Atlanta, SBL, 2011.

 Grabbe, Lester L. A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period: Volume I: Yehud: A Hisotry of the Persian Province of Judah. London, T & T Clark 2004.

 以斯拉及尼希米的學術書籍及文章

Clines, David. “Nehemiah 10 as an Example of Early Jewish Exegesis.” JSOT 21 (1981): 111-117.

Eskenazi, Tamara. In an Age of Prose: A Literary Approach to Ezra-Nehemiah. SBLMS 36. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988.

 Frevel, Christian, ed. Mixed Marriages: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Second Temple Period. LHBOTS 547. London: T&T Clark, 2011.

 Japhet, Sara. From the Rivers of Babylon to the Highlands of Judah: Collected Studies on the Restoration Period. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006.

 Southwood, Katherine. Ethnicity and the Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10: An Anthropological Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

 

釋經書

Becking, Bob. Ezra-Nehemiah. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Leuven: Peeters, 2018.

 Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Ezra-Nehemiah. OTL. London: SCM, 1988.

 Clines, David. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. NCB. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

 Fensham, Frank Charles. The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

 Fried, Lisbeth S. Ezra: A Commentary. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2015.

 Fried, Lisbeth S. Nehemiah: A Commentary. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2022.

 Throntveit, Mark. Ezra-Nehemiah. Louisville: John Knox, 1992.

 Williamson, H. G. M. Ezra, Nehemiah. WBC 16. Waco, TX: Word, 1985.

 Williamson, H. G. M. Ezra and Nehemiah. OTG. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987.