2015
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Biblical Studies This course is an introduction to the literature of the Bible. The Bible conveys the Word of God in many literary historical narrative, poetry, prophetic exhortation, wisdom sayings, and novellas (edifying stories). We will be reading three novellas’s as written in the bible (Good News Translation). We will explore its literary genres, forms, and motifs, many of which are important to English and American literature—for example, origin stories and hero stories.
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American Bible Society
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The American Bible Society (ABS) is an interconfessional, non-denominational, nonprofit organization, founded on May 11, 1816 in New York City, which publishes, distributes and translates the Bible and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with the Bible. It is probably best known for its Good News Translation of the Bible, with its contemporary vernacular. They also publish the Contemporary English Version. ABS's headquarters relocated from New York City to Philadelphia in August 2015.
