Old Testament Exegesis IV: The Prophets

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • Old Testament Prophecy (10 lectures) E. J. Young (Westminster Theological Seminary) 10 lectures, 1975 (the Prophet; Moses and the Prophets; the fulfilment of prophecy; Hosea; the Messianic King; the Servant of the Lord) Open source Doctrinal Westminster Theological Seminary Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Isaiah (6 lectures) James Alan Groves (Westminster Theological Seminary) 6 lectures of 51 to 58 minutes each, 1996 Open source Doctrinal Westminster Theological Seminary Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • The Authorship of Isaiah (Christ the Center) Will Wood (Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Predictive Prophecy in Isaiah 44:24-45:7 (Christ the Center) Rev. Andrew Compton (Mid-America Reformed Seminary; minister, URCNA) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • Ezekiel 9-10 and the Man in Linen (Christ the Center) Lane Keister (pastor, Momence OPC) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • Hosea 6:4-11 The Covenant Keeper (Proclaiming Christ) Jim Cassidy, Joel Fick and Mark A. Winder Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum The episode pages name the participants but do not print their churches. Reformed Forum's About page requires its board members to belong to NAPARC or ICRC churches subscribing to the Three Forms or the Westminster Standards, and its board page lists Cassidy (president), Arendale (vice president) and Clawson, so...
   • He Gave Us Prophets (video series) Richard L. Pratt Jr. 8 lessons Open source Supplementary Third Millennium Ministries
   • Profetas y Poetas: Isaias, Jeremias, Ezequiel, Daniel, Oseas y los profetas menores (video and slides) Seminario Reformado Guadalajara (instructor not named on the page) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara Instructors are not named on the course pages (the site belongs to Dr. Larry Trotter, Florida Coast Church / Knox Theological Seminary adjunct); the Hebrew and Greek courses are by Mario Porras and Pablo Armero (MINTS), whose church standing is unconfirmed. The site also hosts PDFs of in-copyright textbooks...

   Total: 1 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • Commentary on Isaiah, vol. 1 John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, vol. 1 John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • Commentary on Ezekiel, vol. 1 John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • Commentary on Daniel, vol. 1 John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • Commentary on Hosea John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • An Exposition on the Small Prophets (Minor Prophets) George Hutcheson (Church of Scotland; Westminster Assembly era) Open source Primary text 1657. Public domain
   • Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition Patrick Fairbairn (Free Church of Scotland) Open source Primary text 1855. Public domain
   • The Prophecies of Isaiah Translated and Explained J. A. Alexander (Princeton Theological Seminary) Open source Supplementary 1865. Public domain
   • Annotations upon the Holy Bible, vol. 2 (1688 edition) Matthew Poole Open source Primary text 1688. Public domain English Presbyterian nonconformists outside the Scottish and Dutch lines, though Westminster-confessing; Henry is broadly used across traditions. Poole kept as primary-text (cross-tradition, read beside Calvin and the Dutch Annotations); Henry kept as supplementary, as in the raw file.
   • The Dutch Annotations upon the Whole Bible (Statenvertaling annotations, English 1657) Theodore Haak (translator and editor); annotations commissioned by the Synod of Dort (1618) Open source Primary text 1657. Public domain
   • The Typology of Scripture, viewed in connection with the whole series of the divine dispensations Patrick Fairbairn (Free Church of Scotland) Open source Primary text 1859. Public domain
   • Matthew Henry's Commentary, vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi) Matthew Henry Open source Supplementary Public domain English Presbyterian nonconformists outside the Scottish and Dutch lines, though Westminster-confessing; Henry is broadly used across traditions. Poole kept as primary-text (cross-tradition, read beside Calvin and the Dutch Annotations); Henry kept as supplementary, as in the raw file.

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.