RELI 229 Reading for Meaning and Truth: Hermes, God of Thieves & Interp (E) (RT) (W)
Do readers find truth or steal it? Create it or deconstruct it? This course explores how interpreters and texts dance with each other to discover and create meaning and truth. Classic stories (some of them biblical, some not) will be read, interpretive theories will be explored, and theological implications will be examined. Particular attention will be paid to how historical events like the Holocaust affect (and create and destroy) the reading of classic stories. We will explore how catastrophe changes what we mean when we talk about meaning or truth.
Offered
Occasional Interims