The Bible as Literature

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Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 and one course from among ENGL 2130, ENGL 2235, and ENGL 2330 are prerequisites for all upper-division courses. The prerequisite for upper-division courses of ENGL 2130 or ENGL 2230 or ENGL 2330 is waived for ENGL and SEEN majors. This course examines the wide variety of genres and narratives that form the Bible—from the mythological and genealogical to the poetic and prophetic—and does this from critical, literary, cultural, and rhetorical perspectives.