Finally, a survey will be made of some of the principal aspects of St. Paul's writings. Application will be made to contemporary society. The course will be conducted around lecture and discussion. In the Days of Paul . This course introduces the student to the Old Testament and New Testament as literature, as the product of Ancient Near Eastern history and culture, and as the product and expression of Israelite and Christian faith.
Special attention is given to motifs, imagery, and typologies in the Bible.
This course is an introductory survey of the literature of the Bible. The first half of the course will be devoted to the study of the Old Testament as seen in relation to the history, culture and religion of the ancient Near East. The second half of the course will look at the New Testament in its Greco-Roman milieu. Because it is a survey course designed to give a general introduction to biblical lit, texts and biblical books to be studied will be selected with that in mind.