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Nov 24, 2024
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2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Mediterranean Studies
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History and culture of the Mediterranean world offers hermeneutical insight into biblical times, places, peoples and customs. This concentration engages biblical themes through Middle Eastern eyes including historical, cultural, moral, and religious contexts which touch on honor/shame, race/ethnicity, individualism/collectivism, kinship/household, rules/relationships, purity/pollution, gender, slavery, and more. Arab, Islamic, Jewish, and Eastern Christianity are likewise explored against the lager biblical Great Controversy metanarrative.
This concentration is only available at Middle Eastern University.
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Required Courses - 8
2 credits each
Additional Courses - 4
Choose two of the following 2-credit courses. A 2-credit elective can also be selected but must be approved by the program director before taking the class.
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