Advanced research on the interpretation of the Hebrew Prophets with a missional hermeneutic. It focuses on hermeneutical theory and uses The Hebrew Book of Isaiah as its primary text. Each student focuses their research on Isaiah or another prophetic book with the approval of the professor. The course is a seminar.
Students develop biblically grounded missional theology and practice rooted in the Hebrew Prophets. The course allows students to develop original research in biblical missiology.
The ingathering of all peoples into the people of God has been part of the Missio Dei from the beginning, and the Prophets, especially the Book of Isaiah, are the clearest expression of this in the Hebrew Bible.
The research generated leads to biblically-based missiology.
The study is missiologically driven by its goal to develop in-depth research that leads to a biblically informed understanding of the Missio Dei.
The research leads to biblical missiology informed by a contextual hermeneutic.
The course emphasizes the intercultural nature of God’s mission as seen in the Hebrew Prophets.
Students conduct original research that develops missiology out of the Hebrew Prophets. This leads to biblically informed praxis.
Students are measured through presentations that share research on missiological interpretation of the Hebrew Prophets. They also are measured through the submission of a scholarly paper on their research.
