| CODE | SHG2550 | ||||||
| TITLE | Women in the Bible | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | An essential ingredient of Middle East and Mediterranean culture, the Bible depicts women in their role as wives and mothers in an essentially patriarchal environment. Although few women were protagonists on the leadership and administrative levels of their society, yet they definitely had fundamental roles on the family, household, and basic trades levels. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims at examining the Bible as literature and offering a short introduction into the art of biblical narrative. It also aims at enabling students with little or no preparation in Bible reading to better appreciate Scriptural texts in their presentation of women and female roles during Iron Age II (1200-1000 BCE). It will identify the fundamental roles women had in the formation of society in general and of the family in particular through their productive and reproductive activities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe the various aspects of Biblical narrative; - interpret Biblical narrative texts in their specific and particular contexts; - discuss the innumerable roles of women as indirectly reflected in Biblical narratives and underlying these narratives; - differentiate between preconceived female roles and factual ones in Biblical texts. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - compare different Biblical texts according to their geographical, historical, sociological, political, literary contexts; - recognize concrete roles underlying narrative texts in the Bible with female protagonists; - formulate a more complete depiction of women's roles in the Bible; - objectively interpret particular Biblical texts that have women as their main focus. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - BACH, Alice (ed.) (1999), Women in the Hebrew Bible. A Reader, New York - London: Routledge. - BRENNER, Athalia (1994), The Israelite Woman. Social Role and Literary Type in Biblical Narrative, Sheffield: University Press. - BRENNER, Athalia - Caroline FONTAINE (1997), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible. Approaches, Methods and Strategies, Sheffield: University Press. - BAR-EFRAT, Shimon (1989), Narrative Art in the Bible, Sheffield: University Press. - EBELING, Jennie R.E. (2010), Women’s Lives in Biblical Times, London: T&T Clark. - MEYERS, Carol (1988), Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. - RYKEN, Leland (1984), How to Read the Bible as Literature, Grand Rapids/MI: Zondervan. - SCHUESSLER FIORENZA, Elisabeth (2013), Transforming Vision: Explorations in Feminist The*logy, Minneapolis/MN:Fortress Press. - STAGER, Lawrence E. (1985), "The Archaeology of the Family in Ancient Israel". In Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 260: 1-35. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul Sciberras |
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