Open AccessTeaching the Bible as a Threshold Concept in a Liberal Arts Context
Author(s) -
Tat-siong Benny Liew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the wabash center journal on teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-9132
DOI - 10.31046/wabashcenter.v1i1.1582
Subject(s) - transformative learning , liberal arts education , context (archaeology) , key (lock) , construct (python library) , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , pedagogy , history , higher education , political science , computer science , law , computer security , archaeology , programming language
This short essay describes a teaching strategy that addresses a key threshold concept in introductory biblical studies courses – that the Bible itself is a construct. It is a companion essay to John Van Maaren’s, “Transformative Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: Toward a Threshold Concept Framework for Biblical Studies,” also published in this issue of the journal.