A copy of an old Bible. (Image courtesy of Daniel Iggers.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Ina Lipkowitz
MIT Course Number
21L.458
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is an introduction to major books from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Particular attention has been given to literary techniques, issues resulting from translation from the original Hebrew and Greek, and the different historical periods that produced and are reflected in the Bible. Investigation of the Bible as influence in later narrative, philosophic, and artistic traditions.