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I. ON THE DISCIPLINE; History of the discipline in the last 70 years:Old Testament; History of the discipline in the last 70 years; Archaeology;Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia; Ancient Near East: Egypt; Qumran studies;Study of the Graeco-Roman world; Diaspora and rabbinic Judaism; II.LANGUAGES, TRANSLATION, AND TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE; Language andtranslation of the Old Testament; Language, translation, versions, and textof the Apocrypha; Language and translation of the New Testament; Ancientversions and textual transmission of the Old Testament; Versions and textualtransmission of the New Testament; III. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL STUDY OF THEBIBLE; Introduction; Israel to the end of the Persian period; Israel from therise of Hellenism to 70 CE; The life and teaching of Jesus and the rise ofChristianity; Priesthood, temple(s), and sacrifice; Law; Scribes andsynagogues; Movements; Prophecy; Apocalyptic; Wisdom; Novella; Gospels;Epistles; IV. THE COMPOSITION OF THE BIBLE; The growth of the Old Testament;The growth of the Apocrypha; The growth of the New Testament; Authors, books,and readers in the ancient world; V. METHODS IN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP;Archaeology; Textual criticism; Form, source, and redaction criticism;Rhetorical and new literary criticism; Feminist and womanist criticism;Social, political, and ideological criticism; VI. THE INTERPRETATION OF THEBIBLE; Old Testament theology; New Testament theology; Biblical theology; TheBible in ethics; Jewish interpretation of the Bible; VII. THE AUTHORITY OFTHE BIBLE; Canon; Fundamentalism(s); Historical criticism and biblicalauthority