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Course Criteria
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1.50 Credits
Kassam Introduction to the Islamic tradition: its scripture, beliefs, and practices and the development of Islamic law, theology, philosophy, and mysticism. Special attention will be paid to the emergence of Sunnism, Shi'ism, and Sufism as three diverse expressions of Muslim interpretation and practice, as well as to gender issues and Islam in the modern world. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Gilbert A survey of Jewish history, literature, thought, and practice from the Second Temple period to the early Middle Ages. Particular attention will be given to the formation of classical Jewish ideas and institutions, such as modes of biblical interpretation, the role and authority of rabbis, halakha ( Jewish law), synagogue, philosophy, and mysticism. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Wolf A critical, nuanced look at the ideas that Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived together in relative harmony in Spain under Muslim rule between the 8th and 11th centuries, and benefited from their interactions with one another. This romantic notion which has gained traction in the wake of 9/11, will be evaluated in light of actual historical evidence. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Gilbert A survey of early synagogues and churches, along with related examples of Greco-Roman temples and shrines, through their architecture and art work. The course will explore the contributions archaeological data make to the understanding of Judaism and Christianity and how each religious tradition physically and ideologically constructs sacred space. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Runions An examination of traditions predicting the end of the world and the agents expected to bring about apocalyptic change. The course traces the origins and development of apocalyptic thought, explores how people have described and planned for Armageddon, and surveys the contemporary responses to the "end of time." Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Eisenstadt A survey of Jewish history, literature, thought, and practice from 1000 C.E. to the present, exploring the changing self-understanding of Jews against the background of the birth and development of the modern world, and focusing on the European ghetto, Haskalah, Hasidism, denominational schisms, early Zionism, and the events that heralded the development of modern anti- Semitism. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Glass A systematic examination of the traditional cycles of Classical myth. Readings from ancient literature in English translation. Some attention is given to the problems of comparative mythology, ritual, and related areas of archaeology and history. Also listed as Classics 121pi. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Gilbert Survey of the religious, political, and cultural history of Jerusalem over three millennia as a symbolic focus of three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Focus on the transformation of sacred space as reflected by literary and archaeological evidence by examining the testimony of artifacts, architecture, and iconography in relation to the written word. Study of the creation of mythic Jerusalem through event and experience, and discussion of the implications of this history on Jerusalem's current political situation. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Espinosa This course explores the religious, spiritual, and sociological trends and developments in American religions since the 1960s with particular attention to race, ethnicity, gender, church-state debates, moral issues, and politics. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Gilbert The course will examine the relations between Jews and Christians from antiquity to the present. It will trace the origins of Christian anti-Judaism, and explore the ways in which Jews and Christians have thought about the other. We shall attempt to understand what issues divided the two communities, how theological, social, political, and racial concepts contributed to the development of anti-Semitism, how Jews have understood Christians and responded to Christian religious and social claims about Jews, and what attempts have been made, throughout history but particularly since the Holocaust, to establish more constructive relations. Offered every other year.
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