EN 296 - The Bible as Literature

Credit Hours: 3

A study of selections from the Hebrew and Greek testaments, exploring the historical and literary use of the Bible as a text and in other literature.

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories:

The Arts
Humanities

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate, through written and oral discussion, an understanding of the Western literary traditions inspired by the Bible and of related concepts;
demonstrate, through written and oral discussion, a knowledge of the genres in the Bible;
write a paper based on primary and secondary sources investigating a topic related to the literary components of the two testaments; and
present an oral report on the paper.

Cycles (C, N, S)