Matthew’s Wisdom |
BS313/413 |
This unit will explore the theme of personified Wisdom in the Gospel of Matthew. Old Testament and pseudepigraphical antecedents will be considered, as will the portrayal of Wisdom elsewhere in the New Testament. Though monographic in scope, the unit will nevertheless investigate the coherence of this theme with the rest of the Gospel.
Undergraduate Prerequisites (BS313)
BS101 and BS102, and two Biblical Studies units at second level
Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites
| third level: | BS102 or BS351 |
| fourth level: | BS102 or BS351, and as required by the MCD University of Divinity Coursework Studies Committee, including proficiency in appropriate biblical languages |
Requirements
3 hours per week
Undergraduate Assessment (BS313)
| one 3,000 word essay | 50% |
| one oral seminar presentation | 25% |
| one 1,500 word written assignment | 25% |
Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment
| third level: | Equivalent to 6,000 words. See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students |
| fourth level: | one 6,000 word essay |
Bibliography
- Barton, Stephen C., ed. Where shall Wisdom be Found? Wisdom in the Bible, the Church and the Contemporary World. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999.
- Deutsch, Celia. Lady Wisdom, Jesus and the Sages: Metaphor and Social Context in Matthew’s Gospel. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1996.
- Doyle, B. Rod. “Disciples as Sages and Scribes in Matthew’s Gospel.” Word in Life 32/4 (1984): 4–9.
- ———. Matthew’s Wisdom: A Redaction-Critical Study of Matthew 11.1–14.13a. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1985.
- Gench, Frances T. Wisdom in the Christology of Matthew. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1989.
- Pregeant, Russell. “The Wisdom Passages in Matthew’s Story.” In Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 1990, edited by David J. Lull, 469–93. Atlanta: Scholars, 1990.
- Schroer, Silvia. Wisdom has Built her House: Studies on the Figure of Sophia in the Bible. Translated by Linda M. Maloney and William McDonough. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000.
- Suggs, M. Jack. Wisdom, Christology and Law in Matthew’s Gospel. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
- Wainwright, Elaine M. Towards a Feminist Critical Reading of the Gospel of Matthew. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1991.
- Witherington III, Ben. Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1994.