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STH TO 838: Biblical Interpretation from Hispanic and Latin American Perspectives
This course provides an introduction to the contexts, assumptions, and methods of Hispanic and Latin American Biblical exegesis and its major contributions to Biblical and Religious Studies. The course’s objectives are: 1. To develop an awareness of the Hispanic and Latin American approaches to the Bible, their differences and points of contact.; 2. To understand the different assumptions of the Hispanic and Latin American interpretation of the Bible; 3. To develop intercultural exegetical skills and cross-cultural sensitivity; 4. To experience and develop an understanding of the reality of US Hispanics and Latin Americans through learning about its history, economy, political, social, and religious context. Selected passages from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament will be analyzed in terms of the cultural and historical situation of Latin Americans and Hispanic peoples in the United States. -
STH TO 841: The Book of the Twelve
Expositional overview of the Book of the Twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi). The goal of the course is to promote a deeper awareness of the various trends of interpretation of the Book and of its relevance for the personal and communal life. -
STH TO 846: Middle Egyptian 1
An introduction to the classical stage of the Egyptian script and language spoken in Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom which became the standard hieroglyphic language until the Graeco-Roman Period. -
STH TO 847: Middle Egyptian 2
An introduction to the classical stage of the Egyptian script and language spoken in Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom which became the standard hieroglyphic language until the Graeco-Roman Period. -
STH TO 848: Story and Storytelling
The nature of narrative, the types of narrative, the types of narrative specific to the Bible and the Near East, and the transmission of stories. The art of storytelling and the retelling of biblical stories today. -
STH TO 901: Biblical Aramaic
Introduction to phonology, morphology, and syntax of biblical Aramaic. Reading of the complete Aramaic text of Daniel and Ezra. -
STH TO 902: Aramaic Texts
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STH TO 905: Hebrew Bible: Proseminar
A proseminar for doctoral students, introducing the problems of text criticism, semantics and philogogy, literary criticism, and historical reconstruction, the latter including introductions to epigraphy, iconography, and archaeology.
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