2017-2018 Georgia Gwinnett Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Georgia Gwinnett Catalog [ARCHIVED COPY]

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RELN 4001 - History and Literature of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RELN 1100  and ENGL 1102  with a grade of “C” or higher.
This course addresses the nature, content, and problems of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament with attention given to: 1. The uses of the text by communities who revere or appreciate its content (e.g. Jews, Christians, and Muslims): 2. The relevant historical data which shape the text (e.g. the relationship between text and material culture in historiography); 3. The literary forms of the ancient world (e.g. history, epic, myth, law, prophecy, poetry, wisdom literature, etc.); and 4. The ancient Near Eastern literary and cultural backgrounds of the text.



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