General Note:
Compact discs.
Teaching Company: 6325 (course number). Additional nos.: PC6325A (compact discs) ; IC6325A-01--IC6325A-02 (compact disc containers) ; PB6325A (course guidebook).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references in guidebook.
Formatted Contents Note:
Biblical Israel -- the story of a people -- By the rivers of Babylon -- exile -- Ancestor narratives in Genesis -- Moses -- the Torah's central hero -- Becoming the nation of Israel -- Kinship and economics in highland villages -- Three weddings and a funeral -- Political power bases in early Israel -- Kingdoms and king making -- Politics and economy of a centralized cult -- Worshipping locally -- Lives of the rich, lives of the poor -- Assyrian incursion into Israel and Judah -- Life under siege -- Religious debates and preserved text -- Ezekiel -- exilic informant -- Life in exile, life in Judah -- Literacy and education -- Religious developments of the exile -- The new Israel -- resettling the land -- Food and the family meal -- boundaries -- National identity -- intermarriage -- National identity -- twins and enemies -- Loss and restoration -- two biblical stories.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lectures by Cynthia R. Chapman, Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences.
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