Religion 104 - Introduction to Judaism

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Jewish Studies Diverse Judaic religious systems ("Judaisms")have flourished in various times and places. No single Judaism traces a linear, unitary, traditional line from the beginning to the present. This course sets forth a method for describing, analyzing, and interpreting Judaic religious systems and comparing one such system with another. It emphasizes the formative history of Rabbinic Judaism in ancient and medieval times and studies both its development in modern times and Judaic systems competing with it: Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaisms in the 19th century and Zionism, the American Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption, in the 20th. In both the classical and the contemporary phases of the course, analysis focuses on the constant place of women in Judaic systems as a basis for comparison and contrast.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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