RELST 6720

RELST 6720

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground.  We will use biblical, archaeological, and ancient Near Eastern textual evidence to consider the complicated relationship between ancient society and the textual and material records from which we reconstruct it. In addition, this course will examine how women's roles in the Hebrew Bible have been understood and integrated in later Jewish and Christian thought, and how these discourses shape contemporary American attitudes towards women, sexuality, and gender. 

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  • 19587 RELST 6720   LEC 001

    • MW Sibley Hall 115
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person