ClassInfo - Fall 2020 Classical and Near Eastern Std Classes

Fall 2020 | CNES 8513 Section 001: Scripture and Interpretation (33238)

Instructor(s): http://levinson.umn.edu/" target="lookup">Bernard Levinson, PhD
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:: Graduate Student
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020

Thu 02:00PM - 05:00PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 10 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Ideas of divine revelation. Impact upon religion/literature. How history of Bible's creation, transmission, interpretation helps us think critically about role of revelation in history of religious traditions. prereq: Grad student
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=CNES&catalog_nbr=8513&term=1209 This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:: This seminar investigates the idea of divine revelation and its impact upon religion and literature.It shows how the history of the Bible's creation,transmission and interpretation in Judaism can help us think critically about the role of the idea of revelation in the history of religious traditions.Just what is revelation?What happens when a literary text is accorded the status of revelation?How does the belief that a text is revealed affect the way it is read within the community for which it constitutes revelation?These are the questions we bring to the particular case of Judaism's scriptural canon and the history of its interpretation. It will place particular emphasis upon the reinterpretation and transformation of authoritative texts within the Hebrew Bible even before the closure of the canon.Chronologically,it covers developments from about the 5th century B.C.E.until about the 13th century C.E.This period begins prior to the formation of the present version of the Bible,witnesses its compilation and the origins of Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity,and ends with the solidification of those medieval traditions of biblical commentary which still shape modern Jewish understanding of Scripture.That contemporary literary and legal studies have begun to address the issues of canon,the history of authorship,textual authority,canon transformation, intertextuality,and the nature of interpretation,extends the methodological and theoretical implications of the material studied.
Grading:: 100% Reports/Papers
Class Format:: 25% Lecture
75% Discussion
Workload:: 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-25 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: frequent short journals/papers; 1 @ 10-15 pp/revised
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33238/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 November 2013

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