Aims

By the end of this session you should be able to: 

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• begin to understand and describe the background of the Old Testament writings in terms of the social, political, cultural and economic setting of the Ancient Near East (ANE);

• describe the different canons of scripture and how they originated;

• give a clear basic outline of the course of Old Testament “history";

• begin to understand how the Old Testament was written and identify the different genres of writing contained in it;

• understand how to explore scripture through literary criticism (also known as literary analysis).