D07. The Bible through Art and Artifact

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Julie Faith Parker, Yale University Department of Religious Studies
9:00-11:30 AM, June 15-19
$325

This course combines the riches of the text with some of Yale’s greatest treasures.  Each day will have a different theme, which we will explore through academic study of the Bible and related excursions.  We will visit the Peabody Museum (for a tour of the Egyptian exhibit as it relates to Wisdom literature), the Yale University Art Gallery (to see biblical narratives depicted in art), the Institute of Sacred Music (to hear the music of the Psalms), the Yale Babylonian Collection (to see and hold artifacts from the ancient Near East), and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (to view New Testament papyri and illuminated medieval manuscripts).  Together we will engage the text on many levels, as we expand and deepen our understanding of Scripture.

Book List

Syllabus (pdf)

Questions? Call 203-432-9526

Last updated: June 2, 2009