HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492

This 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