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This course is an introduction to the Hebrew Bible, that considers its history, formation, and reception, and surveys its varied texts within their historical, socio-economic, political, literary, and theological contexts. This includes a particular an emphasis on Near eastern culture, religion, and politics as well as the various ways that these texts have been received and appropriated, so that students might become knowledgeable and critical interpreters of the text.Core: TR
REL 411: New Testament: Text in Context (3 SH)
This course is an introduction to the New Testament, that considers its formation and canonization, and surveys its varied texts within their historical, socio-economic, political, literary, and theological contexts. This includes a particular emphasis on the life of Jesus, Roman imperialism, their Jewish context, and the distinctly socio-economic and political message of the kin-dom of God.
Core: TR
REL 412 Liberation Theologies (3 SH)
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