ANTH 217 - Biblicalarchaeology

Institution:

Widener University-Main Campus

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Description:

This course teaches students how archaeology is helping scholars and lay persons to interpret the Old and New Testaments. The course begins with a review of the techniques and challenges of archaeological data recovery and interpretation: artifact function, dating, typology, style or symbolic analysis, decipherment, reconstructing activity areas, and regional analysis. Students then work their way through a series of specific cases-Abraham, the Exodus, the "conquest" of Canaan, David and Solomon, andJesus-to reveal what archaeology can and cannot do, and to set a cultural background for understanding the Bible. No prerequisite. 3 semester hours

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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