st interpretations of the patriarchal stories (or that of Adam and Eve).
             Traditions of a great flood in Mesopotamia and their relationship to Genesis 6-9.
             The significance of literature from Ugarit for understanding the literature of the Bible.
             Evidence for the development of a canon of literature from ancient Israel.
             The image of Moses outside the Torah compared to that within it.
             The image of Abraham outside the Torah compared to that within it.
             The differing images of David in 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Chronicles.
             High places: what they were and the role they played in ancient Israel's worship.
             The practice of divination in Israel and the ancient Near East.
             Archaeological evidence for Israel's earliest existence in its land (prior to 800 B.C.E.).
             The role of women in ancient Israel.
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