No course is perfect. Some critics of note that 36 half-hour lectures (18 hours total) is simply too short to cover the entire corpus of world scripture. The course largely ignores indigenous oral traditions (e.g., Native American or African tribal stories) on the grounds that they are not "texts" in the written sense, though Hardy acknowledges this tension in the first lecture.
The course is typically structured around major religious traditions, moving chronologically and thematically through time. TTC - Sacred Texts of the World
Understanding the specific genres of sacred writing, from legal codes to mystical poetry. Perspective: No course is perfect
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