Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible path equips students to employ a wide range of approaches for the study of the Hebrew Bible in its linguistic, historical, and social contexts. These methods include historical-critical, social-scientific, literary, and iconographic modes of analysis alongside the diversity of contemporary contextual hermeneutics. During coursework, students will engage the larger ancient Near Eastern cultural context, the history of biblical interpretation, and the reception history of the Hebrew Bible. Through coursework, independent studies, and exams, students are also encouraged to develop interdisciplinary expertise in related literatures and related fields (e.g., archaeology, art history, literary theory, rabbinics). The students in the Hebrew Bible path profit from a range of particularly extensive collaborations with students and faculty in the New Testament path, as well as those in the Practical Theology path and Historical Studies in Theology and Christianity path. Those students who elect to engage in reception-historical approaches to the Hebrew Bible will also benefit from further collaborations with students and faculty in Religions of the Americas path, Islamic Studies path, and the Global Christianity path, among others.
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