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College | Knox College |
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Course Code | KNB6351HF
NOTE: Basic degree students enrol in KNB3351HF
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Semester | First Semester |
Section | 0101 |
Online | No |
Credits | One Credit |
Location | Toronto (St George Campus) |
Description |
This advanced seminar will be grounded in a sociological study of ancient Israel as a basis for critical applications/appropriation of social world topics in contemporary contexts. Social scientific models have been used in biblical studies to describe, analyze and contextualize social realities such as: social groups (e.g., family, clan, tribe, elite classes); cultural relationships (e.g., honor/shame, marriage; debt servitude); patterns of behavior (e.g., sacrifice, prophecy, gender); political structures (e.g., monarchy, empire); political, economic and social change (e.g., emergence of states, changes in social stratification); historical eras (e.g., early Israel, Judah under Persian rule); and socially constructed realities (e.g., ethnicity, gender, language and rhetoric, symbolism). When practiced with post-modem and ideological criticisms, social scientific criticism also identifies the social context of the interpreter and the construction and use of models and interpretation of data in contemporary contexts and issues. |
Schedule | MonTueWedThuFri |
Start & End Date | Jun 9, 2014 - Jun 20, 2014 |
Start Time | 9:30 |
End Time | 12:30 |
Minimum Enrolment | 0 |
Maximum Enrolment | 0 |
Enrolment Notes | Students should have a minimum of two semesters of graduate level study of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. |
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Seminars
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Means of Evaluation |
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Currently Offered | Summer 2014 |