THE 742 Former and Latter Prophets
This course will study the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Ester, 1 & 2 Maccabees) and the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) in order to discern “what meaning the sacred writers really intended, and what God wanted to manifest by means of their words” (Dei Verbum 12). Attention will be given to literary forms, historical and cultural context, the place of the Prophets in the canon, and the interpretation of it in the tradition of the Church.