The Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament, Jewish Tanakh)

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Explores the writings of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), their relationship to the history and culture in which they were produced, and their relevance to more recent issues in modern religious discourse. Covers a range of topics, including divine encounters, worship practices, sacred space, political religion, archaeology, ethics, gender, and memory. Applies several modern approaches as well as survey at various points the ‘afterlife’ of the Hebrew scriptural traditions in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.