RS 338 - Sex And God: Jewish And Muslim Erotic Love Poetry

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Stonehill College

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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2009, 2011 An examination of the erotic love poetry penned by imams and rabbis of the 10th-13th centuries. We will explore the ways in which these pious standard-bearers of religion used sacred images and accounts from the Bible/Qur'an and exegetical traditions in their hetero-erotic and homoerotic secular poems and what messages were thus embedded. Prerequisite: GR 100 or GR 140.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stonehill.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 565-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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