New Approaches to Biblical Literary Studies
The aim of this special issue of Humanities is to explore and present contemporary research that draws on some of the many connections between “the Bible” and “literature,” engaging the rich interdisciplinary and multifaith networks, while perhaps challenging older assumptions about the field.
The scope of the volume will ideally include a variety of approaches, engaging with, but not restricted to, the following questions:
–How are “scripture” and” literature” defined and experienced in religious and/or secular settings now and in past eras, and what might we learn through theoretical or philosophical explorations of those terms?
–How has the term “the Bible” been used or challenged in different traditions, cultures, and historical moments, and how has the generalized use of that term affected Jewish-Christian relations, literary or otherwise?
–What new research explores how literary and scriptural texts intersect and converse, and how have specific authors or works imaged and practiced that relationship?
–How do different disciplines and institutions (educational, religious, political, cultural) manage the complex relationships between scripture and literature, and how do those relationships manifest in different historical and national contexts?
–What challenges and opportunities do teachers find in designing courses that focus on the intersections of scripture and literature, and what new approaches does our current moment demand?
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