JHI 1453 - Jews in Early Modern Europe

Institution:

Yeshiva University

Subject:

Jewish History

Description:

An examination of intellectual, social, and cultural changes of the new Jewish communities in Europe from Spain through Poland and in the Ottoman Empire, including the impact of Renaissance and Reformation on Jewish history; Jewish communal structures; the development and impact of print; Christian Hebraism; writing about the self; messianism; Lurianic Kabbalah; Sabbatai Zevi; the beginning of modernity.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.yu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 960-5400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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