MA
Aug 19, 2020
The course develops ways of considering the Hebrew Bible that empowers a believer in another faith tradition with a greater scope to look beyond assumptions about literal truths and polemic tropes.
CS
Oct 11, 2016
It's a very good course if you want to know how the bible came into being, events that happened from the very beginning and how the bible continues to remain and be read even today. Wonderful!
By A.J. T
•Feb 1, 2019
Awesome, awesome, awesome course. There is a wealth of information contained in this course, the way the course is presented conducive to learning, and the professor goes out of his way in explaining things very easy to understand terms. Highly recommended.
By Jose A
•Mar 31, 2020
Excellent information, well taught and definitely a must course to understand why and how the bible was written. I like how professor Jacob L. Wright approaches the bible from a different perspectives and how he synthesized everything to make sense.
By David H
•Jan 22, 2018
This course is very involved but logical and follows a nice path of learning. Anyone wishing to see and understand how life was and how it was perceived and reported is quite interesting and gets the grey matter working. Thoroughly enjoyable.
By Randall L T
•Jun 17, 2016
Really fantastic. A lot of great information and insight and interesting interpertations. A lot of superb thoughts to think about. Very well taught. Kept my interest through the entire series. Professor was easy to follow. A lot for me to
By Kimberly H
•Jun 9, 2021
I thought I'd enrolled in a course to fill in some gaps in my concepts of early world history and religious history. Instead, what I found was a solid foundation for a program in the Humanities that will keep me inquiring for years.
By Helene S
•Sep 7, 2016
I just started this class this morning and Professor Wright is great. Usually I find the professors in a one on one lecture such as this, either speaking too fast or just boring. He is terrific. I have enjoyed the lessons very much.
By 周润泽
•Jan 30, 2019
It helped me so much not only in interpretation of Bible but also in my understanding of formation of Nationalism. It even helped me to study early North American history and New England colonists' psychology and life.
By Sonia S K
•Aug 24, 2020
I found this course rich with content and excellent in providing a new perspective. Dr. Wright describes everything really well. The interviews with the experts were informative, too. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
By Harvey W
•Nov 5, 2019
Enjoyed the historical context of the creation of Biblical texts and their redaction. Interesting perspective on the fundamental purpose of the texts from our vantage point 2.5 millennia down the pipe.
By MARIA L R G
•Sep 5, 2017
Excellent course, I strongly recommend it for everyone. I didn´t have previous knowledge about the topic and I learn a lot and manage to pass it. Excellent videos with subtitles in different languages.
By Lucy I D L R T
•Mar 24, 2017
El profesor es muy dinámico y ayuda a ver la situación geo-polÃtica de Israel, las ventajas y desventajas de estar en el cruce de camino de dos potencias rivales.
By Linda H
•Feb 3, 2021
I have now taken this course several times. Each time I go a little deeper and study a little more. This is truly an excellent course. Highly recommended!!
By Stanislava Z
•May 31, 2023
It's a very informative and quite challenging course. Personally, I learned a lot and definitely would need to go through all materials several times.
By Patricia N (
•Sep 13, 2018
The first of many classes I intend to take on this subject. Please have others.
A great class that brought many new thoughts and many revelations.
By Dina R
•Jun 8, 2016
Very interesting discussion about the writing of the Hebrew Bible. Particularly enjoyed the interviews with experts in the field.
By Juan F R M
•Apr 27, 2023
Muy interesntes estudios e hipótesis bÃblicas.
Muy buen docente el profesor Wright.
Interesante material y entrevistados de lujo.
By Clifton L
•Jul 17, 2019
This is one of the best courses I have taken with Coursera. the lectures were excellent and the readings were also wonderful.
By Teague F
•May 7, 2022
Opened my eyes to the value of the Old Testament not just for my faith but for society. Recommend this course to all.
By David K
•Feb 16, 2017
I found this course very interesting, and learnt a great deal about how and why the Bible came to be written.
By Robert T K
•May 25, 2020
This is a good introduction to Old Testament archaeology and analysis of the development of its scriptures.
By LuÃs M G d S A
•Jun 21, 2020
Very interesting course to get a full insight in the topic and on the different research paths.
By Lim K B J
•Apr 15, 2020
Have given me more historical and objective approach to the Bible, great course ! Thank you !
By Richard H
•May 23, 2016
I like Dr. Wright's observation of the Levant bridge between the 2 main powers of the day.
By Sissi D
•May 1, 2020
Excellent study, I will be taking more from Emory University! Thank you very much!
By JOHN Q
•Mar 25, 2016
Great course! As a non christian I learn a lot about western culture and history