Le cours "Prophets 1" est disponible en anglais. Il peut être validé en français, le professeur étant bilingue. Le devoir et les examens peuvent être rédigés en français ou en anglais.

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Chapitre 1 : Introduction au prophetisme dans l' ancient Proche-Orient

Section 1.1- Syria-Palestine
1.11- Northern Syria : Ebla and Emar
1.12- Ugarit
1.13- Phenicia
1.14- Aram
1.15- Ammon
Section 1.2- The Hittites
Section 1. 3- Egypt
Section 1.4- Mesopotamia
1.41- Southern Babylonia : Uruk
1.42- Middle-Euphrates : Mari
1.43- East of the Tigris : Ishchali
Section 1.5- Assyria

Chapitre 2 : Regard approfondi sur les prophètes dans la Mesopotamie et l'Assyrie anciennes

Section 2.1- Prophets with a Title from Ancient Mesopotamia
2.11- Apilu / apiltu « answerer »
2.12- Assinnu « cultual official »
2.13- Muhhu / muhhutu « ecstatic »
2.14- Nabu « soothsayer »
Section 2.2- Prophets without a title in Ancient Mesopotamia
Section 2.3- The context of the oracles in Ancient Mesopotamia
Section 2.4- The content of the oracles in Ancient Mesopotamia
Section 2.5- The status of the oracles in Ancient Mesopotamia
Section 2.6- The prophets with a title rom Ancient Assyria
2.61- Mahhû / mahhutu « ecstatic »
2.62- Raggimu / raggimtu « proclaimer »
2.63- Shabrû « revealer »
2.64- Selutu « female worshipper, devout, dedicated »
Section 2.7- The prophets without title in Ancient Assyria
Section 2.8- The context of the oracles in Ancient Assyria
Section 2.9- The content of the oracles in Ancient Assyria
2.91- Cataloguing the oracles

Chapter 3 : The Beginnings of Prophetism in Israel : A question of origin

Section 3.1- What can we say about early influences?
3.11- Foreign Influences
3.12- Canaanite Influence
Section 3.2- Analysing the Hebrew Canon to look for answers to the question of the origin of prophetism in Israel
3.21- Canonical : What the Bible says about the origin of prophetism
3.22- Evidence from the Pentateuch
3.23- Samuel’s Vision as a New Beginning
Section 3.3- Offering a Critical Answer : The prophecy of war and the birth of monarchy
3.31- First evidence of fights
3.32- Early prophetism in the political milieu
3.33- The Mosaic Influence
3.34- Looking closer at discrepancies with the Deuteronomist
Section 3.4- A prophetess arises
Section 3.5- Taking a closer look at Deborah as an early Israelite Prophetess
3.51- Deborah’s Titles
3.52- The relationship between judge and prophet in the character of Deborah
Section 3.6- An Anonymous Prophet

Chapitre 4

Section 4.1- The Brotherhood of Prophets
4.11- Prophetic Activities performed as a group
4.12- Groups of prophets at the advent of propheticism in Ancient Israel
4.13- Individual streaks emerge out of groups of prophets
4.14- Two great maverick prophets emerge

Section 4.2- The First Non-Writing Prophets
4.21- The books of Samuel and Kings
4.22- Origins in the person of Samuel
4.23- Samuel, understood in context of the book’s later redactions

Section 4.3- Alternate Considerations

Section 4.4- Court Prophecy in relation to the Monarchal Period & its Fall
4.41- In the time of King David
4.42- In the North, between the schism and the fall of Samaria (930-721)
4.43- Between tha fall of Samaria and the fall of Jerusalem (721-587)

Section 4.5 - Some Preliminary Conclusions

Section 4.6- The prophets in the work of the Chronist (Ezr; Ne; 1-2 Ch)
4.71- Group #1
4.72- Group #2
4.73- Group #3

Chapter 5 - Les prophètes commencent à écrire !

Section 5.1- The prophetical vocabulary in Hebrew : Nabi’
5.11- Statistics
5.12- The use of the word nabi’ in the canonical prophets
5.13- Other uses of the word
Section 5.2- Etymology
5.21- The Grammatical Form
5.22- The Verbal Form
5.23- The Other Hebrew Words
Section 5.3 The Words about the Relationship Between the Prophet and God
5.31- Evidence from Greek Texts
5.32- Ja;l]m’
5.33- « God’s servant »
5.34- « My (his) servants the prophets »
Section 5.4 -The Words that Speak about the Prophet in his Relationship with Israel.
5.41- rmevo « keeper, sentinel, guardian »
5.42- hp,xo « watchman »
5.43- [G:vum] « lit. excited, madman »
5.44- Conclusion
Section 5.5- The Vocabulary in Greek.
5.51- In the Greek Septuagint
5.52- In the historical books
5.53- Which Hebrew words are translated into προφήτης?

Chapitre 6 : Genres littéraires

Section 6.1 The Oracle of Doom (or judgment, or threat, or reproaches)
6.11- This kind of oracle sometimes assumes the features of a town crier’s speech
6.12- The speech of legal procedure (rîb)
Section 6.2- The Oracles against the Nations
Section 6.3- The Oracles of Salvation / Hope
6.31- The oracle of salvation that imitates the priestly oracle of salvation
6.32- The next proclamation of salvation is distinguished by two features
Section 6.4 Widsom or Educational Speeches
Section 6.5 The Narratives.
6.51- Visions are usually considered a sub-genre of narratives
Section 6.6- Vocation / Calling Narratives

Chapitre 7- Principales caractéristiques du discours prophétiques

Section 7.1- The Messenger Formulas
7.11- Introduction
7.12- Transition
7.13- Conclusion
7.14- A look at the word µaun

Section 7.2- The Prophet as Messenger

Section 7.3- The Formula of Recognition or Self-manifestation

Section 7.4- The Symbolic Actions

Section 7.5- Formulating the Prophetical Books
7.51- Preservation of prophetic speech
7.52- Setting the canon

Section 7.6- Forms Used to Preserve Prophetic Speech

7.61- Best examples
7.62- Narratives in the written record
7.63- Oracles in the written record

Section 7.7- The writing process itself
7.71- 1st Division
7.72- 2nd Division
7.73- 3rd Division
7.74- Additional Challenges

Appendix

Division of the prophetical books