Introduction to Biblical Literature

Claflin University RELG 201

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What this course is not.

A survey of the Old and the New Testaments.
A survey goes through the content of each book. A survey highlights the major characters and themes of each book.

An Introduction to the Old and New Testaments.

An introduction deals with questions of authorship, An introduction deals with issues like historicity.
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What it is.
A survey that introduces will highlight the different types of literature found in the Bible.
Designed to help you read the Bible in a contextual and literary manner.
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Designed to help you understand how the writers of the Bible attempted to communicate a message.

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What it is.
A summary of the various critical literary approaches used by scholars to understand the messages and their implications in the text.

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Outcome of the course.

You will become an educated reader of the Bible.
Anybody talk about his understanding of a text. An educated reader can read the text contextually and give the reason for a particular understanding of the text.

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