NES 6720

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NES 6720
Women and Gender in Biblical Israel

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground. We will use biblical, archaeological, and ancient Near Eastern textual evidence to consider the complicated relationship between ancient society and the textual and material records from which we reconstruct it. In addition, this course will examine how women's roles in the Hebrew Bible have been understood and integrated in later Jewish and Christian thought, and how these discourses shape contemporary American attitudes towards women, sexuality, and gender. 

When Offered Fall.

Course Subfield (RS)
Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

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  • 18629 NES 6720   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Monroe, L