AP/RLST 3561 3.00
Bad Girls In the Bible II
The Bible offers archetypal figures for Western art, music and film as well as literature. This course will analyze women in the New Testament with a focus on sexuality, seduction, murder and mayhem. From the figure of Eve in the Hebrew Bible and her counterpart Lilith through New Testament figures such as Mary Magdalene and the Whore of Babylon the Bible offers portraits of women who are inquisitive, dangerous and powerful while also demonstrating how patriarchy has attempted to silence and disempower them. Artistically several of these strong and sexual women are represented as interchangeable (e.g. Judith and Salome). We will read primary sources in the New Testament with brief comparisons to figures in the Hebrew Bible. Through theoretical and textual study we will examine the ways in which these biblical women are represented in literature, art, music and film.
RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Christianity
Cross-listed as AP/GWST 3561 3.00 and GL/GWST 3561 3.00.
Course Category: Religion and Gender