JWST 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
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CD, 4SS

Major themes in 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; Jewish sects of the Second Temple period, including Jesus-followers; rabbinic Judaism; Jewish attitudes to non-Jews and to governing authorities, Jewish and Gentile; to political power, sovereignty, and its loss; Christianity, Islam, Judaism; Jews as a minority under Christian and Moslem rule; family and gender; theological anti-Judaism, Jew-hatred, persecution, and Jewish responses to it.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Magnus
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 131.