RELI 103: Introduction to Hebrew Bible & Old Testament

Literature

This course will introduce you to the Hebrew Bible and its study through discussions of key biblical texts. We will use a variety of methods to reconstruct and come to an un-derstanding of the ancient world out of which the Bible emerged. We will also con-sider how the Bible has come to be read today. Rather than proceeding, as do many introductions, book by book through the Hebrew Bible, which is a massive collection of quite diverse content, we will focus on four salient features of the Hebrew Bible: 1) national formation, identity, and the uses of history, 2) representations of divinity, 3) ritual and behavioral norms, and 4) the rise of the Hebrew Bible as Scripture.

Professor David Lambertdalambe@email.unc.edu

Mondays & Wednesdays12:20PM-1:10PM

General Education Requirements: Fulfills

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