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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | RELGH118B001 |
Course Title | Hebrew Bible and its Interpreters |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Religion |
Instructor | Ratzman,Elliot |
Times and Days | MW 09:00am-10:30am
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Room Location | VCAM201 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2446 The Hebrew Bible, or “Old Testament,” is, arguably, the most influential text in the West. Religions, governments, movements, artists, thinkers, and common people have all drawn inspiration, wisdom, and foolishness from its texts. In this course we will sample a variety of ways in which readers have wrestled with, been influenced by, appreciated, depreciated, analyzed, criticized, and popularized the Bible. We will turn to a variety of sources—philosophical, academic, cultural, theological, and popular—for insights, examples, and samples. We will also pay special attention to interpretations of the Bible on themes such as race and nation, gender and law, war and peace. Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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