JWST262

Cross-listed with: ENGL262, HEBR298B. Credit only granted for: JWST262, HEBR293B, or ENGL262. Origins of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), with attention to literary formations, archaeology, and social-political settings. Explorations of major questions, including who wrote the Bible, and when; relationships of the biblical tradition to the mythology and religious structures of ancient Israel's near eastern neighbors; and dynamics of politics, religious leadership, and law.