HIST 237 - Women in Jewish Society, Antiquity to Modernity

3 SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. Topics in Jewish women’s history from antiquity to the 20th century, examining “normative” constructions of women’s roles as well as social and cultural realities. Using biblical and rabbinic materials, medieval communal and personal documents, and women’s letters, memoirs and rituals, this course explores gender roles and power relations between Jewish women and men; women’s economic functions and power; women and traditional and modernized religion; responses to persecution; feminism. This course is cross-referenced with JWST 237.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Ms. Magnus

Credits: 3 hours