Course Information

SEX GENDER AND THE OLD TESTAMENT (OT 1124)

Term: 2023-2024 Winter Term

Faculty

Anna Elizabeth Marsh

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Schedule

Wed, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/10/2024 - 1/10/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Wed, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/10/2024 - 1/10/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Thu, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/11/2024 - 1/11/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Thu, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/11/2024 - 1/11/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Fri, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/12/2024 - 1/12/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Fri, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/12/2024 - 1/12/2024) Location: MAIN GH 307
Wed-Fri, 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/16/2024 - 2/16/2024) Location: *

Description

An exploration of ways men, women, masculinity, and femininity are portrayed and constructed in the Old Testament. Attention is given to literary characterization, social roles, metaphor, and understandings of sexuality in the biblical text and in the church today. The course also engages questions of scriptural authority and gendered portrayals of God.