CNRC3201
CNRC 3201 - The Bible: Context and Interpretation, World of the Hebrew Bible (3 Cr.) Literature
Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures (10956)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
CNRC 3201 - The Bible: Context and Interpretation, World of the Hebrew Bible (3 Cr.) Literature
Course description
The Hebrew Bible and Old Testament are literary collections that modern Jewish and Christian traditions maintain as important, but these collections were initially produced by ancient Israelite scribes who composed and/or compiled the biblical texts at particular time periods in the ancient Near East. This course will introduce the academic study of biblical texts, which demands critical analysis of the literature and an openness to reading the literature from the perspective of ancient Israelite writers (who lived in a world far different from today). The course will spend considerable time on the literary (and scribal) composition of biblical prose texts; time will also be spent on the historical circumstances of biblical prophets and other writers of the biblical texts. This course will only address the ancient setting of the biblical texts and not re-interpretations in Jewish or Christian traditions. Given the scope of the course, modern interpretations of the biblical literature will not be discussed; we will only focus on this literature in its ancient setting.
prereq: Knowledge of Hebrew not required
prereq: Knowledge of Hebrew not required
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
03082
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Literature
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall