This course applies the Hebrew grammar learned in OT 201/501 and OT 202/502 to selected passages of narrative, legal, and wisdom literature. This course also provides important hermeneutical principles for understanding these genres and then focuses on theological observations gained from the biblical text. This course also introduces the tools of textual criticism and word studies for strengthening original language exegesis. The previous requirements for this course are OT 201/501 and OT 202/502.