REL 363: What can we know about the social and religious worlds of ancient Israel? And how does this knowledge shape the way we interpret biblical texts? These questions will be pursued through the applicat

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What can we know about the social and religious worlds of ancient Israel? And how does this knowledge shape the way we interpret biblical texts? These questions will be pursued through the application of multiple disciplinary approaches from the Social Sciences and the Humanities to the analysis of both textual and non-textual evidence from ancient Israel and neighboring cultures. Application of different methodologies and distinct fields of knowledge and their impact upon the interpretation of specific biblical texts.