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HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Classics Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR Jewish history from biblical antiquity through the medieval period in the Middle East and Christian and Islamic Europe. Topics include: Biblical society, ideas and literature; Jews under Hellenistic and Roman rule in Judea; Jewish sects of the Second Temple period, including Jesus-followers; emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish attitudes and policies to non-Jews and State authorities, both Jewish and Gentile; attitudes about sovereignty, its loss, and exile; Christianity, Islam and the Jews; women, family and community; theological and popular Jew-hatred and Jewish responses to contempt and persecution. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Magnus Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JWST 131 |
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