JWST 249 - Unlocking the Bible

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as RELI 249) This course has a tripartite aim. First, to familiarize students with the various literary genres of the Biblical corpus — myth, treaty, legal collection, prophecy, political propaganda, historiography — in order to highlight the diversity and richness of the corpus as a literary product. Second, we seek to establish the agenda of some sections of the Biblical text and to understand how the widely different genres can and do contribute to a complex theological message. Finally, we attempt to unveil and analyze the underlying assumptions of the differing scholarly opinions concerning the meaning of the Biblical texts.

In the course of the semester students read important samples of the Biblical texts and will be introduced to the most influential scholarly views of the field. Agnes Veto.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS