Friday, October 11, 2019

PCS 302 - Feminist Introduction to the Bible - Hebrew Scriptures


This course presents an introduction to contemporary feminist scholarship with a focus on a biblical understanding of the women in the Hebrew Scripture as role models for contemporary women and men in the 21st century.

TEXT(S) and RESOURCES
Primary resources for an overview of the Hebrew Scriptures are: Women’s Bible Commentary: Revised and Updated by Carol A. Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe, Jacqueline E. Lapsley Editors, Miriam Therese Winter, WomanWisdom, Bridget Mary Meehan, Praying with Women of the Bible.
  And “How to Interpret the Bible from a Feminist Liberationist Perspective” by Barbara Reid 
Additional Resource: Nan Merrill, Psalms for Praying and other resources that students bring to the course.

CLASS FORMAT
This course is offered as an independent study or in a cohort model. Cohorts use a blog format (www.blogger.com) to foster an interactive learning community. Students post assignments and are encouraged to comment on each other’s posts.


ASSIGNMENTS:
Create four short, one page, reflection papers (1-2) pages on four women of their choice and relate their significance for ministry in the 21st century.


Or


Create an educational, artistic or dramatic interpretation of 4 women in the Hebrew Scriptures to share in your ministry setting.


Or 

Another approved project that will enhance your ministry

Course Cost: $100


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PCS 302 - Feminist Introduction to the Bible - Hebrew Scriptures

This course presents an introduction to contemporary feminist scholarship with a focus on a biblical understanding of the women in the H...