Università Roma Tre

The Storytelling People: Genesis as Narrative

The book of Genesis narrates the origin of humanity as a family – although conflictual – and describes the Patriarchs as living in a world where peaceful relationships with neighboring nations were still possible. These "inclusive" traits, among others, have contributed to the hypothesis of an original division and independent redaction of Genesis and the narrative of Exodus and the Conquest of Canaan. The course aims to be a critical analysis of some Genesis' stories that will highlight the parallels and influences of the historical context of ancient Israel.

The course offers the opportunity to learn Biblical Hebrew (1/3 out of the teaching hours): to complete the study of Hebrew grammar students are recommended to attend the course since the first semester (Ebraico).

For students attending course:

G. Deiana – A. Spreafico, Guida allo studio dell'ebraico biblico, Roma 1997 (e ristampe).
Notes and texts suggested/distributed during course sessions.
Students attending the monographic course on Genesis without attending Hebrew grammar lessons must contact Prof. Moro for more texts.

For students not attending course:

Please contact Prof. Moro (caterina.moro@uniroma3.it).