Africana Approaches to Biblical Interpretation
Explores African and Black Diaspora interpretations of biblical literature, covering Sub-Saharan roles, Axumite translations, Middle Passage movements, and post-colonial hermeneutics in North America and the Caribbean.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.07 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate knowledge of ancient Near Eastern societies and cultures.
Examine, Analyze, and Interpret ancient texts in translation and material culture.
Compare and Critique ancient Greek, Roman, and/or Near Eastern societies and cultures to other societies and cultures.
Evaluate the reception of biblical texts in the modern period.
Articulate how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding race and racial inequities in the U.S.
Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity.
Hone their close reading skills so as to be able to read literary, exhortatory, and scholarly texts with deeper attention to detail and sharper interpretive instincts.
Apply course concepts to their lives outside the classroom by respectfully participating in our multicultural society.
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.07 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics
- Sub-Saharan African roles in the Bible and 4th-5th century CE Bible translation in Axumite Ethiopia.
- Movement of biblical interpretation across the Middle Passage and intellectual dimensions in North America and the Caribbean.
- Hermeneutics, reading strategies, and the interplay of colonialist and post-colonialist dynamics in reading scriptural texts.
- Knowledge of ancient Near Eastern societies and cultures.
Skills
- Interpret biblical literature through African and Black Diaspora perspectives, including evaluating modern reception of biblical texts.
- Analyze the interplay of colonialist and post-colonialist dynamics in reading scriptural texts.
- Articulate historical impacts on present-day race and racial inequities in the United States.
- Develop close reading skills for literary, exhortatory, and scholarly texts with enhanced interpretive detail.
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