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Apr 28, 2024
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BBST 735 - Judging Judges3 credits
The book of Judges is a curiosity in the biblical canon. Although claiming to be about judges, the book showcases military leaders and guerilla warriors who lead their communities in acts of political resistance and aggression. The book’s discourse also judges a community and its history, attempting to re-collect the past as a simple chain of cause and effect in which apostasy is always punished and fidelity rewarded. Yet, the narrative testimonies summoned to support this judgment fail to erase all reasonable doubt of unequivocal guilt. The text’s unstable nature is further exacerbated by the judgments of readers who come to the text with different questions, assumptions, and values. In this course we investigate this textual and readerly heteroglossia through close textual analysis, utilizing various methodological approaches and theoretical insights. Signature of instructor required for registration.
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