Rev. Fr. Cyriac Valiyakunnumpurathe

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S7 Credits : 1.5 Teacher : Valiyakunnumpurathe C Faculty of Theology Institute of Philosophy Institute of Eastern Canon Law Courses Programs

Program : Program Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : Semester S2 Credits : Credits 3 Teacher : Teacher Valiakunnumpurath C. Aim The course aims at giving the students an elementary understanding of Biblical Hebrew, the language of Revelation. The following themes are discussed in this course: Alphabet; special features of Hebrew orthography; transliteration; Vowels; Accent (stress) and syllabification; Gender and Number; morphology of Nouns; Definite article; prepositions; conjunction; Inflection and use of adjectives; Verbal patterns. References C. L. SEOW. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (Nashville 1991). Faculty of Theology Institute of Philosophy Institute of Eastern Canon Law Courses Programs

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S3, S4, S5 Credits : 07 Teacher : Rev. Fr. Cyriac Valiyakunnumpurathe Aim Biblical Prophets: Non Literary Prophets The course aims at introducing the students of theology into the world of OT Prophets. Besides giving information about the features of OT prophecy, and the life, background, and theology of the Major and MinorProphets of Israel, the students are prepared through the analysis of certain prophetic texts to imbibe the spirit of Prophets so that they might meaningfully and prophetically dialogue with man and society. The following themes are discussed in this course: Prophecy in Ancient Near East and Prophecy in Israel; Basic texts for prophet and prophecy: Dent 18.15-22 (Ex 20.18-21); Num 11.10-30;…

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S3, S4 Credits : 03 Teacher : Rev. Fr. Cyriac Valiyakunnumpurathe Aim We will concentrate on the historical books proper - Joshua. Judges. 1& 2 Samuel. 1 & 2 Kings - even though there are 21 books in the section of the historical books of the OT. We will also see in brief the ‘Deuteronomistic History’ and its content and message. Analysing the historical, political, social and geographical backgrounds of the books we will try to see the basic features of these books. Basing on the God-human relationship which is the the sum total of God’s revelation in OT we will go through the booksand study the important personalities appearing in the books…