Bible As Literature

The Bible as Literature

I. What is literature?

(modus:  short introduction

Note: all of the following will be linked to video, illustrations, sample text,  and this material will also be incorporated. 

a. Look first in local context for examples of  literature (video, recordings, books, pictures, performance)  

a. Student participation (questions, dialogue) Links to video, sound bytes, etc.//oral performance

 b. Summary of findings: What is literature? (inductive) 

c. Perspectives on Literature  

II.  Genres in NT 

III. Genres texttypes in OT/DC

A. Texttypes  (Links to definition) 

a. Poetry

b. Narratology

c. Reasoned Discourse

d.  "Procedural"

B. Genre  (links to defintions) 

a. Wisdom 

b. Stories (fables, parables, etc) 

c. Legal texts

d.