Students are expected to spend 3-4 hours to finish the reading of each week before class.

For most of the readings, students are allowed in read either Chinese or English, although the class will be conducted in English.

2/27 Introduction: The Formation of the Bible and its Translations

        《詩?藏真》(PP 1-10; Fisch’s Poetry with a Purpose, PP 1-7)

        The Creation and the Fall (Genesis 1-11)

        God’s New Plan: Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 12-22)

3/6   The Creation of the World and of Human Beings in Literature (2 out of 3)

        《論創世紀》, 3-14 (PP 78-87; Philo’s “Allegorical Interpretation,” Book 1, III, 5-XIV, 43, PP 25-29)

        *Milton’s Paradise Lost, VII, 131-306, 519-625 (PP 391-95, 401-03)

        *Shelly’s Frankenstein (PP 52-54, 93-101)

        *Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew (PP 107-17)

3/13 The Chosen Tribe and the Covenant (1 out of 3)

        Jacob and Joseph (Genesis 25, 27-28-30, 32, 37-41, 49)

        Moses and the Covenant (Exodus 1-5, 11-14, 20, 25, 39-40)

        The Classical Midrash (PP 144-59)

        *Ten Commandments

        *Prince of Egypt

        *Wholly Moses

        #Selections of the Passages for Exercises

3/20 The Promised Land and the Fall of the Chosen Tribe

        The Fight for the Land (Joshua 3-6; Judges 13-16)

        The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel (1 Samuel 8, 16-17; 2 Samuel, 11-12; 2 Chronicles 5-7, 10-11, 29-32, 36, 1 Kings 18-21)

3/27 The Holy War in Literature (2 out of 5)

        *《羅蘭之歌》, 8-10, 140-47, 155-64, 259-64 (PP 1-15, 172-82, 191-203, 323-29) The Song of Roland, PP 55-56, 108-112, 115-19, 161-63)

        *《唐吉訶德》, ch. 8 and 13, (PP 57-67, 100-09; Don Quixote, I, 5 and II, 5, PP 60-67, 91-100)

        *Jerusalem Delivered, Canto XX, 72-144 (PP 453-68)

        *Pilgrim’s Progress (PP 45-55, 91-101)

        *Matrix

4/3   The Images of God (1)

        God as the Protector (Psalms 1, 16, 23, 42, 90, 121, 136)

        God as the Lover and the Husband (The Song of Songs 1-4)

        Bernard of Clairvaux’ On the Song of Songs, vol 2, sermon 22 (PP 14-21)

        #Quiz 1: Weeks 1-6

4/10 The Images of God (2)

        God as the Angry Judge (Ezekiel 1-4; Jeremiah 8-9; Lamentations 1-2)

        God as an Injured Lover (Hosea, 1-3)

4/17 The Suffering of Human Beings and the Wisdom of the World

        The Tribulation in the World (Job 1-5; 10-11; 19; 22-23; 38-42)

        The Cry of the Sinners (Psalms 38-39; 51; 137)

        Wisdom (Proverbs 3, 8; Ecclesiastes 1-3, 12)

        #Exercise 1 due

4/24 The Anxious Souls and Comforted Sinners in Literature (2 out of 4)

        *《懺悔錄》, VI, 11-16, VIII, 5-12 (PP 110-16, 150-65; Augustine’s Confessions, PP 104-10, 139-54)

        *Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere” (I-VII, PP 7-32)

        *Eliot’s “The Waste Land” (I-V, PP 37-55)

        *《等待果陀》(PP 13-29, 206-33; Waiting for Godot, PP 9-39, 313-57)

5/1   Salvation in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

        The House of David (Ruth 1-4)

        The Prophecy about Salvation (Isaiah 40, 42-43; 53-54; Ezekiel 37)

        The Salvation in Exile (Esther 1-8; Daniel 1-4)

        The Salvation of the Gentiles (Jonah 1-4)

5/8   God the Incarnate (1)

        Jesus’ Birth and Temptation (Matthew 1-4; Luke 1-2; John 1)

        Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection (Matthew 26-28; John 13; 17-21)

        《教義大綱》, Bk. 4, ch. 1. 1, 2, 6; ch. 2. 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 (PP 417-26; Origen’s On First Principles, PP 256-59, 264-65, 269-71, 275-77, 278-87)

        *Quiz 2: Weeks 6-10

5/15 God the Incarnate (2)

        Jesus’ lessons

                The Sermon on the Mount and the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5-7, 25)

                Jesus’ Parables (Matthew 12; 15; 19; 23; Luke 14-15; John 10)

                The New Christian Life (John 3-4, 8)

        Jesus’ miracles (Mark 6; Luke 8, 11-12, John 2, 6, 9, 11)

        〈登山寶訓之一〉(PP 141-62 ; John Wesley’s “Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount,” PP 1-10)

5/22 Imitation of Christ and the Stories of Sacrifice in Literature (1 out of 3)

        《遵主聖範》, I. 1-3; III. 11-12 (PP 138-45; 206-12; Kempis’ Of Imitation of Christ, PP 17-21; PP 66-67)

        Donne’s “La Corona” and “The Cross;” (PP 289-92, 302-04); Vaughan’s “The Incarnation, and Passion,” “The Nativity,” and “Easter-Day;” (PP 168, 215-16, 372-73); Blake’s “The Lamb” (PP 21-22)

        *Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” (PP 21-36)

        *The Story of the Other Wise Man (PP 3-4, 10-21, 47-60, 71-84)

        *Charlotte’s Web (PP 114-17, 138-47, 156-71, 178-84)

5/29 The New Covenant (1)

        The Establishment of the Church (Apostles 1-3, 6-7, 9-11, 13-15, 17)

        The Establishment of the Christian Doctrine (Romans 1-5, 7-8)

        〈羅馬人書序〉(PP 236-49; “Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans,” PP 19-32)

6/5   The New Covenant (2)

        The Old Law and the New Law (Galatians 3-5; Ephesians 1-2; Hebrews 3-6, 10-11)

        The Christian Life (1 Corinthians 13; 2 Peter 1; 1 John 4-5)

        Relationships in and outside the Church (Ephesians 4-6; 1 Timothy 3-6)

        #Exercise 2 due

6/12 The Christian Life with the New Covenant (1 out of 2)

        *Merchant of Venice (I, iii; III, i; III, iii; IV, iii, 104-403; PP 21-31; 70-76; 92-94; 108-20)

        Herbert’s “The Altar,” “Jordan (1),” “Jordan (2),” “Justice (1),” “Justice (2),” “The Priesthood,” “Aaron,” and “Love (3)” (PP 22, 48-49, 84, 90, 127, 145-46, 157-58, 171-72)

        *Tolstoy’s “Godson” (PP 277-98)

6/19 The Doomsday vs. The New Heaven and the Earth (2 out of 4)

        The Seven Seals (Revelation 4-6)

        The Beast and the Dragon (Revelation 11-14)

        The Judgment and the New Jerusalem (Revelation 20-22)

        *但丁《神曲的故事：地獄篇》I-III, XXXIII-XXXIII;《神曲的故事：天堂篇》,(PP 22-40, 237-50, 227-39; Divine Comedy, Inferno, I-III, XXXIII-XXXIV; Paradiso; PP 46-59, 186-195, 490-99; PP 502-07, 569-73, 730-35)

        *Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus (I, iii, I, iv, II, i, V, ii, PP 272-76, 278-84, 285-90, 331-39)

        *The Seventh Seal

6/26 Quiz 3

        Final Examination

To be announced

1. Attendance: 10 %

2. Class presentation and discussions: 30%

3. Two Papers, about 800-1000 words each: 30%

        a. Read one chapter from the list of suggested readings, summarize the interpretive method(s) the author uses to analyze one specific biblical passage, and comment on the validity of such method(s) for that passage.

        b. Use three biblical passages (5-10 chapters each) to summarize what the Bible says about a specific issue, explain the modern relevancy of such a discussion, and show how it challenges you to rethink about the values you believe in.

4. Three quizzes: 30 %

Textbooks

The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha.  Intro. Robert Carroll and Stephen and Prickett.  Oxford World’s Classics.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997.

Suggested readings

Fisch, Harold.  Poetry with a Purpose.  Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature.  Indiana: Indiana UP, 1990.

費哈洛。《詩?藏真：聖經文學技巧與詮釋》。林秀娟譯。香港：漢語聖經協會，2011。

奧爾特。《聖經敘述文的藝術》。黃愈軒、譚晴譯。九龍：天道書樓，2005。

Alter, Robert.  The Art of Biblical Narrative.  Basic Books, 1981.  Print.

Alter, Robert.  The Art of Biblical Poetry.  New York: Basic Books, 1985.  Print.

Frye, Northrop.  The Great Code: the Bible and Literature.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Fokkelman, J. P.  Reading Biblical Narrative: And Introductory Guide.  Trans. Ineke Smit.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox P, 1995.

福克爾曼。《聖經敘述文體導讀》。胡玉藩、伍美詩、陳寶嬋譯。文學譯經系列。香港九龍：天道書樓，2003。

Fokkelman, J. P.  Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide.  Trans. Ineke Smit.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox P, 2001.

福克爾曼。《聖經詩歌導讀》。李雋譯。文學譯經系列。香港九龍：天道書樓，2008。

唐佑之。《牧野的蘆笛聖經舊約文學研究》。增訂版。香港九龍：浸信會出版社，2004，

Scott, Ernest Findlay.  The Literature of the New Testament.  New York: Columbia P, 1936.

Achtemeier, Paul J, Joel B. Green, Marianne Meye Thompson.  Introductucing New Testament: Its Lterature and Theology.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans P, 2001.

Juel, Donald.  An Introduction to New Testament Literature.  Nashville: Abingdon, 1978.

郭秀娟。《認識聖經文學》。臺北市：校園書房，2001。

Photocopied materials will be ready by March 1st at the copy place 馨園影印店(1F, No. 2, Lane 119, Chi-nan Road, Sec. 2, the alley next to the Watsons across the main gate of the university; 台北市文山區指南路二段119巷2號1F; 29369521，可麗餅旁邊)

斐洛(Philo)。〈創世記二、三章的意喻解釋〉。《論〈創世記〉》—寓意的解釋》。王曉朝、戴偉清譯。歷代基督教思想學術文庫。香港：漢語基督教文化研究所， 1998。71-204。

Philo of Alexandria.  “Allegorical Interpretation.”  (Legum Allegoriae).  The Works of Philo.  New Updated Edition.  U.S.A: Hendrickson, 1997.  25-79.

Milton, John.  Paradise Lost.  The Complete Poetry of John Milton.  Ed. John T. Shawcross.  Revised Edition.  New York: Anchor Books, 1971.  247-517.

Shelly, Mary.  Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.  New York: Oxford UP, 1980.

Lewis, C. S.  The Magician’s Nephew.  Book 6 of the Chronicles of Narnia.  New York: Macmillan P, 1955.

Hammer, Reuven, trans.  The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible.  The Classics of Western Spirituality.  New York: Paulist P, 1995.

《羅蘭之歌》。楊憲益譯。桂冠世界文學名著l。臺北：桂冠，1993。

Song of Roland.  Trans. and Intro. Robert Harrison.  New York: Mentor, 1970.

塞萬提斯。《堂吉訶德》。楊絳譯。聯經經典。全二冊。臺北：聯經， 1989。

Cervantes, Miguel de.  The First Part of the Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha.  Trans. Thomas Shelton.  Harvard Classics 14.  New York: Collier, 1937.

Tasso, Torquato.  Jerusalem Delivered.  Trans. and Ed. Ralph Nash.  Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1987.

Bunyan, John.  Pilgrim’s Progress.  Ed. N. H. Keeble.  The World’s Classics.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1984.

班揚·約翰。《天路歷程》。桂冠世界文學名著60。臺北：桂冠，1994。

Bernard of Clairvaux.  On the Song of Songs.  Trans. Kilan Walsh.  Vol. 2 of 5 Vols.  Christian Fathers Series 7.  Kalamazoo: Cistercian P, 1976.

奧古斯丁。《懺悔錄》。周士良譯。臺北市：臺灣商務印書館，1998。

Augustine, Saint.  Confessions.  Trans. Henry Chadwick.  New York: Oxford UP, 1991.  Print.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.  “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.”  Lyrical Ballads.  Ed. J. B. Owen.  Second Edition.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1969.  7-32.  Print.

Eliot, T. S. “The Waste Land.”  The Complete Poems and Plays 1909-1950.  San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980.  37-55.  Print.

貝克特．薩母耳。《等待果陀》。致虛譯。人文隨想20。臺北市：萬通圖書，1998。

Beckett, Samuel.  Waiting for Godot.  New York: Grove P, 1954.

俄利根。《教義大綱》。朱信原譯。《亞歷山大學派選集》。基督教歷代名著集成。臺北：基督教文藝出版社，1996。261-440。

Origen.  On First Principles.  Trans. G. W. Butterworth.  Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1993.  Print.

Wesley, John.  “Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount.”  Sermons on Several Occasions.  Christian Classics Ethereal Library 2000.  Grand Rapids MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1999.  CD-ROM.

衛斯理，約翰。〈登山寶訓之一〉。《衛斯理講道集》。胡簪雲譯。第三版。香港：基督教文藝出版社，1996。141-62。

墾匹斯·多馬。《遵主聖範》。章文新譯。《中世紀靈修文學選集》。基督教歷代名著集成第一部第十六卷。香港：基督教輔僑出版社，1964。137-368。

Thomas à Kempis.  Of the Imitation of Christ: in Four Books. Trans. Justin McCann. Mentor Religious Classics.  New York: New American Library, 1957.

Donne, John.  Donne: Poetical Works.  Ed. Herbert J. C. Grierson.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1929.  Print.

Vaughan, Henry.  Henry Vaughan: The Complete Poems.  Ed. Alan Rudram.  Penguin English Poets.  England: Penguin, 1976.  Print.

Blake, William.  Blake’s Poetry and Design.  Ed. Mary Lynn Johnson and John E. Grant.  A Norton Critical Edition.  New York: Norton, 1979.

Wilde, Oscar.  “The Happy Prince.” 《王爾德短篇小說集》。劉珮芳譯。典藏經典。臺中市：好讀，2008。21-36。

王爾德。〈快樂王子〉。《王爾德短篇小說集》。劉珮芳譯。典藏經典。臺中市：好讀，2008。6-20。

Dyke, Henry Van.  The Story of the Other Wise Man.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1984.

樊大克。〈第四個博士〉。《第四個博士與十篇聖誕名著》。香港：基督教文藝出版社，2002。1-51。

White, E. B.  Charlotte’s Web.  Taipei: Bookman Books, 1988.

懷特。《夏綠蒂的網》。黃可凡譯。世界兒童經典。臺北市：聯經出版社，2003。

Luther, Martin.  “Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans.”  Writings of Martin Luther.  Vol. 2.  Trans. and Ed. Bertram Lee Woolf.  London: Lutterworth P, 1956.  284-300.  Rpt. in Martin Luther: Selections from his Writings.  Ed. and Intro. John Dillengerger.  New York: Anchor, 1962.  19-34.  Print.

路德．馬丁。〈羅馬人書序文〉。戴盛虞譯。《路德選集》。下冊。基督教歷代名著集成12。香港：基督教文藝出版社，1959。236-52。

Shakespeare, William.  the Merchant of Venice.  Ed. John Russell Brown.  The Arden Shakespeare.  7^th Edition.  London: Methuen, 1955.  Print.

莎士比亞。《威尼斯商人》。彭鏡禧譯。聯經經典。臺北市：聯經，2006。

Herbert, George.  George Herbert and Henry Vaughan.  Ed. Louis L. Martz.  The Oxford Authors.  Oxford UP, 1986.  Print.

托爾斯泰。〈接受洗禮的孩子〉。《傻子伊凡》。許海燕譯。新潮文庫367。臺北市：志文，129-56。

Tolstoy, Count Leo.  “Godson.”  Master and Man and Other Parables and Tales.  Everyman’s Library.  London: J. M. Dent, 1910.  277-98.  Print.

Dante, Alighieri.  The Divine Comedy.  Trans. C. H. Sisson.  Oxford World’s Classics.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 1980.

但丁。《神曲》。黃國彬譯。臺北：九歌，2003。

Marlowe, Christopher.  Doctor Faustus.  Christopher Marlowe: the Complete Plays.  Ed. J. B. Steane.  Penguin Classics.  London: Penguin, 1969.  259-339.