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132 OT 801 The History of Ancient Israel A critical review of historiographical approaches with a focus on the major problems and issues in the study of ancient Israel's history. Consideration is given to the evaluation of artifactual and textual sources, especially the Old Testament. Emphasis is placed on student participation, presentation, and analysis. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the ThM program or instructor permission. Three hours. OT 831 Advanced Exegesis of Eight Century Prophets: text and context A study of the social, political, cultural, historical factors that prompted the rise of the prophets Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah (1-39), and the rhetorical devices used by the authors. The course will include a review of the Hebrew text along with a study of major theological concepts—justice, mercy, righteousness, judgment, sin, etc. Prerequisites: Enrollment in the ThM program or instructor permission; three semesters of biblical Hebrew. Three hours. OT 832 Advanced Exegesis of Poetic Texts This course will help students to interpret the poetic texts of the Old Testament with methodological know-how, technical skill, and poetic imagination. Students will engage deeply with the most up-to-date discussions of biblical poetry, with particular emphasis on poetic parallelism and poetic imagery. Drawing on state-of-the-art methodology, cutting-edge research, and students' own engagement with a wide range of poetic texts, students will embark on an adventure of the mind that has the capacity to change their theology and Christian praxis, as well as their engagement with God's world in mission and service. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the ThM program or instructor permission. Three hours. OT 890 Studies in Old Testament These course numbers are reserved for courses of special or one-time interest that do not otherwise appear in the catalog. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the ThM program or instructor permission. Two or three hours. OT 891 Individualized Study in Old Testament These course numbers are reserved for courses that are designed to free the student for independent investigation in Old Testament under the guidance of a professor. Prerequisites: Enrollment in the ThM program; instructor permission. Two or three hours. OT 995 Specialized Project in Old Testament Students should register for OT 995 when they are ready to complete the specialized project in a particular semester. Note that there are no course extensions for specialized projects. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the ThM program or instructor permission. Three hours. OT 996 Old Testament Thesis Proposal This course is for students in the Master of Theology program. Students submit a thesis proposal by the due date of the term of registration and receive a grade of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Once students register for thesis proposal, they must remain enrolled in OT 998 in subsequent semesters until the term of registration for OT 999. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Two hours. OT 998 Old Testament Thesis Continuation This course is for students in the Master of Theology program. Students who are not ready to enroll in OT 999 should register for OT 998 each semester until they are ready to enroll in OT 999. Course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Two consecutive semesters of receiving an unsatisfactory grade and/or two consecutive semesters of not paying the continuation fee will result in withdrawal from the program. Prerequisite: OT 996 Old Testament Thesis Proposal. No credit.