The History of Ancient Israel in Its Land

(3 Credits)

This is a research seminar, not an overview. Each meeting addresses some item or set of primary evidence, which together represent a cross-section of important content and questions for the study of ancient Israel in its land. Evidence may be written or otherwise material-cultural, as often as possible from excavation, and the Bible only makes an appearance at moments when it either frames a historical question of requires consideration on its own terms. Specific focus will vary with different versions of the course, concentrated mainly on the Bronze and Iron Ages.