Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Prerequisites: THEO 100, THEO 107, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.
This course provides an introduction to the Old Testament / Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures).
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of central texts, beliefs, ethical understanding, and practices of Judaism and Christianity.
Prerequisites: THEO 100, THEO 107, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.
This course provides an introduction to the Old Testament / Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures).
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of central texts, beliefs, ethical understanding, and practices of Judaism and Christianity.
Prerequisite: THEO 100 or THEO 107 or equivalent.
Tier 2 Theological Knowledge
Islamic World Studies
This course will introduce students to the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh or the Christian Old Testament. The diverse texts in this collection offer a picture of God, tell the story of the Jewish people, present compelling portraits of human love, violence, and loss, and ruminate on the deepest existential questions of life. But what kind book is the Bible? How do we in the 21st century make sense of it? How have individuals and communities made sense of it in the over two-thousand years since it was compiled. This course is introductory; it assumes no prior knowledge or familiarity with the subject matter. Special attention will be paid to (1) genre (2) background; and (3) interpretation.
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