THEOLOGY

CRN

13182

Distribution

A

Course No.

THEO 201

Title

Working Theologies: Biblical Literatures

Professor

Nancy Leonard / Bruce Chilton

Schedule

Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm OLIN 203

Cross-listed: Literature

Meaning emerges from the Bible, as from many texts, along two principal axes. This text generates meanings, and understanding that involves seeing how the myths, legends, histories, poems, songs, and other genres incorporated within the Bible were produced. But the text also incites meanings, as these same kinds of literature have interacted with readers far outside the horizon of the intended audience. This active intertextuality is a form of "working theologies" in which representation, language, and the boundaries of the literary are crucially concerned. Poetry, fiction, and drama across a range of periods will appear in sustained engagement with classic passages from the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.