Introduction to The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament): From Canaan to Canon
RELI 201
Fall 2017
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 203, CJST 244 |
| Certificates: Jewish and Israel Studies, Middle Eastern Studies |
| Course Cluster: Christianity Studies |
This course will offer students an introduction to the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, one of the three core scriptures of Judaism. The Hebrew Bible not only provides the mythic prehistory of both humanity and the Jewish people, it is also one of our best and most complete texts for understanding the world of ancient southwest Asia and the people who inhabited it. Approaching the Bible from a historical, critical hermeneutic allows students to analyze the information on the page as a separate data set from the religious or theological meaning of the page to various groups.
In addition to reading selections from all three sections of the Tanakh, students will also read noncanonical or apocryphal texts and discuss the reasons why these texts were not included in the Tanakh, although some of them are included in versions of the Old Testament. Students will also read various secondary texts to help them better understand issues of biblical authorship, the archaeology that helps us better understand the world of the Bible, and the social and political pressures that shaped the text into what we know today. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RELI |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-Phil/Reli)(CJST-MN)(MDST-MN)(MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli)(MEST-MN)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Adele Berlin, Marc Brettler, Michael Fishband, THE JEWISH STUDY BIBLE
Richard Elliott Friedman, WHO WROTE THE BIBLE
James Kugel, HOW TO READ THE BIBLE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Adele Berlin, Marc Brettler, Michael Fishband, THE JEWISH STUDY BIBLE
Richard Elliott Friedman, WHO WROTE THE BIBLE
James Kugel, HOW TO READ THE BIBLE |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course satisfied the "Historical Traditions" requirement for the Religion major. |
| Instructor(s): Sigalow,Emily Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: SCIE109; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 21 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 9 | FR: 9 |
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