REL 215: NEW TESTAMENT IN LITERATURE, ART AND FILM

This class will explore how the New Testament has been interpreted, retold and visualized in literature, art and film.  What happens in the appropriation of an ancient text to other forms of media? Will will explore the dynamics of biblicall interpretation in deiverse forms of media with the intention of becoming more astute "readers" of film, visual and literary culture, as well as the biblical text itself.