REL 110.001, .050, .100
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
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Professor
Dr. Steven L. Jacobs
sjacobs@bama.ua.edu
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Office: 201 Manly Hall
Office Phone: 348-0473
Office Hour: TBA
Location: 207 Manly Hall
Course:
Section 001 MTWRF 9:00-12:50
Section 050 MTWRF 9:00-10:45
Section 100 MTWRF 9:00-10:45
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Online Distance
Education REL Courses
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REL limits the number of seats in its online distance education
courses (REL 100, 110, 112, 220, 228; note: 900
section numbers designa te distance education), so as
to meet the needs primarily of off-campus students. However,
on campus students can also enroll.
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How to Find/Register in
an Online REL Class
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Log on to mybama.ua.edu
Click the "Look Up Classes" or Add/Drop Classes
Link on the myBama home page.
Select the desired term.
Under "Look Up Classes" select the Department for which you
want to view the courses (REL - Religious Studies). This will
take you to the complete listings of the courses offered that
term.
Click the box next to the course in which you want to enroll
and then click "Register."
When it tells you that there has been an error in adding/dropping
classes, add the CRN given to you by the Department and click
"Submit Changes."
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Description
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An introduction to the books of the Hebrew Bible in their
historical settings, with emphasis on textual analysis and
on literary forms and their function and use in the past and
present.
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Syllabus
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Summer
2013 (PDF)
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Books (required)
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Hayes, Christine
Introduction to the Bible
New Haven & London: Yale Univ Press, 2012
ISBN: 9780300181791
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Jacobs, A. J.
Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives
and Transforms Our World
New York: Penguin Group, 2012
ISBN: 9780399537974
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Online Readings
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Berlinerblau, Jacques
"Poor
Bird, Not Knowing Which Way to Fly" (PDF)
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Berlinerblau, Jacques
"What's
Wrong With the Society of Biblical Literature"? (PDF)
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Cohen, Shaye J.D.
"The
Matrilineal Principle in Historical Perspective"
(PDF)
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Guest, P. Deryn
"Battling
for the Bible: Academy, Church and the Gay Agenda" (PDF)
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Hoover, Eric
"Gay
and Christian" (PDF)
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McClay, Wilfred M.
"Two
Concepts of Secularism" (PDF)
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Stark, Rodney
"Secularization,
R.I.P." (PDF)
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"History
Today" (PDF)
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Ben Yagoda
"The
Seven Deadly Sins of Student Writers" (PDF)
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"Why
Publishers Love the Bible" (PDF)
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