INQ-110 | Strange Tales from the Bible

Full Title: Strange Tales from the Bible

Topic Description:

After a introduction to a scholarly understanding of the origin and interpretation of the Bible, we will address the questions, Why have some tales from the Bible been deemed strange, sparking the interest and imagination of believers and non-believers of various time periods? How have these readers responded to these stories? What significance have they attached to them? This course will investigate a variety of stories--some well-known and others more obscure--from both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament writings.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: November 2008