Jerusalem University College

Course Descriptions

HIST 6/454 Intertestamental Literature - Credit Hours: 3

Semester normally offered: Fall

Course Description

A focus on Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha and their contribution to our knowledge of the varieties of religious thought in the Second Temple Period.

Course Equivalencies

  • History
  • Jewish Studies
  • Bible

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

  • identify and describe the various genres of Intertestamental literature;
  • place epigraphic sources from the Intertestamental Period into their proper historical, cultural, and religious contexts;
  • explain historical, cultural, and religious issues of the Intertestamental Period through the epigraphic sources of the time; and
  • explain ways that literature from the Intertestamental Period provides context for the New Testament.

Field Study

In-Residence Only: A half-day interactive study trip to the Israel Museum or other relevant site.