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3.00 Credits
This course explores the concept of covenant, the binding agreement between humans and the God of Israel.Beginning with the early covenants between Israel and God, the development of the Sinai covenant (or the Law of Moses) and its contribution to individual and social behavior are investigated.Contemporary law codes of other nations in the ancient Middle East are considered.The impact of Christianity on the concept of covenant and on the evolution of law in the Western tradition are examined.
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3.00 Credits
Exerience focuses on the wide variety of religious experience articulated in biblical texts, the traditions of interpretation of those texts (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim), and the ways in which those texts and the traditions growing out of them continue to inform contemporary understandings of religious experience.The course critically examines Biblical paradigms of religious experience, the Bible itself as the object or medium of religious experience, the changing understanding of the paradigms themselves, and the role of religious experience in the production of meaning, both "personal" and "political
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to World Religions is a thematic introduction to the study of religion and examines the multiplicity of ways in which humans throughout the world find and create meaning and value in their lives. Primary religious traditions of both the East and West, including ancient indigenous cultures and their contemporary expressions, are studied.
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3.00 Credits
Religion and Culture explores the relationship between religion and culture and the variety of ways in which they are mutually interactive in the construction of, for example, meaning, values, worldviews, practices, institutions, and artifacts.As part of that exploration, the course undertakes a critical analysis of the theoretical and methodological concerns associated with the academic study of religion.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the phenomenon known as 'Buddhism,' a term covering the pan-Asian tradition of discourse and practice centered around the significance of an Indian prince and ascetic who lived roughly 2500 years ago. Students consider the life and teachings of the Buddha in their historical and cultural context; Buddhist rituals and practices; and the development of Buddhism in its migration both east and west.Special attention is given to the encounter of Buddhism with western philosophy, theism, and culture, and to the American preoccupation with the Buddhism of Japan and Tibet.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with a brief examination of Jesus and the birth of the Christian movement; then focuses on the major institutional, theological and ritual developments that occurred in Christianity over the period in which Roman rule gave way to the Byzantine Empire.The second part of the course narrows its scope to Christianity in the west through a selective analysis of key periods and issues.[including] intellectual ferment and Christian interaction with Jews and Muslims in the Middle Ages; the 16th century Reformation; colonial expansion and inter-religious encounter; and Christianity and modernity.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with a working knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.With successful completion of this course, the student will be able to read selected passages of narrative in the Hebrew Bible with the aid of a lexicon.The course will begin with an introduction of the Hebrew writing system.The students learn to read and write consonants and vowel points in both block and cursive script.Following the students' successful mastery of the writing system, the course undertakes Hebrew grammar and basic syntax, as well as Hebrew vocabulary.This course also introduces elementary conversational elements of modern Israeli Hebrew, such as basic greetings, introductions, and inquiries, thus this course emphasizes both written and oral skills.
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3.00 Credits
The Pentateuch is an historical-critical analysis of the first five books of the Bible that emphasizes the historical, social, and ideological dynamics of the Pentateuchal traditions. In addition, modern fictional works are read in order to recognize the ways in which Pentateuchal themes continue to play a role in the construction of Western thought and culture.
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3.00 Credits
Job: Story and Theology is an exegetical study of the book of Job which explores the ways in which story gives rise to theology.Central to the discussion is analysis of the relationship between the creator (God) and the creature (Job).In addition, several modern works of fiction are read which address questions concerning the relationship between creator and creature, the loss of comfortable worldviews, and the nature of human struggle.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the archaeology of the ancient Near East as it pertains to the Hebrew Bible.The initial phase of this course will explore basic archaeological field methods, terminology, and chronologies, and will offer a brief history of "biblical archaeology." The second phase of the course examines a variety of major excavations throughout the Middle East and presents an overview of the archaeological data from these sites, ranging (in most cases) from the Late Bronze Age through Iron Age II.
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