JWST 180 - God

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as RELI 180) Whether we are furious with it, love it, or think it does not exist, the figure that western civilization calls ‘God’ is one of our most powerful root metaphors, an intellectual category that requires interrogation and understanding. As a literary figure, God has a personality, a biography, and a history; and like all of us, a great deal to say about how he has been understood and misunderstood. Through analysis of primary materials - biblical, Ugaritic, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian, we will explore the origin and development of this complicated figure in Biblical literature. Ms. LiDonnici.

Two 75-minute periods.

Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.