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Keep shoppingHow We Got the Bible
116 students
How We Got the Bible
From Ancient Origins to Modern Translations
Created byAndy C Lewter
Last updated 11/2014
English
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What you'll learn
- discuss the Bible in more "academic" terms
- appreciate the path the Bible has taken in order to be available to us today
- teach others the history of the Bible
- engage in meaningful discussions about the origins of the Bible
- expand their own understanding and knowledge of the Bible
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Course content
7 sections • 17 lectures • 53m total length
Requirements
- This course has no pre-requisites and can benefit both longtime readers of the Bible and those who have not read the Bible at all
- All of the material and resources that students will need are embedded in the course itself. Students will need no other external material
- No other actions are required by the students other than a genuine thirst and appetite for knowledge
Description
This course is designed to introduce the student to the specific steps that were involved in producing the Bible into what we know it to be today. This course does not address the contents of the Bible but rather examines the earliest records we have of Biblical literature and how the Bible has passed through a number of different cultures, copies and translations. The course takes an academic approach to the subject of the Bible and strives to give the student an appreciation of the monumental road that it has traveled in order to be available to the faith community and general public today. The course will look at ancient "targhums", archaic translations and contemporary translations to provide to the student an indepth understanding of why the Bible is so highly regarded by so many people.
Who this course is for:
- This course does not discuss the content of the Bible and is consequently for students who have an interest in the Bible's origin and history
- Students of the Bible who are looking to go beyond its content
- Students who have a love for literature and want to understand its process of production