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2.00 Credits
Important discoveries related to postbiblical Jewish life and history. Examination of relevant papyri, the Dead Sea Scrolls, coins, Masada, Jerusalem, burial caves, synagogue art and other topics. Only one of A Jst 241 and A Cla 241 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Literary genres of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the cultures from which they emerged. Attention to parallel developments in other literatures and to the influence of the Hebrew Bible on Western life and letters. Only one of A Eng 221, A Jst 242 & A Rel 221 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
A study of nineteenth-century Jewish and European history resulting in the formation of Jewish nationalism. Covers the development of various Zionist ideologies and organizations as well as their challengers within and outside the Jewish community. Examines the history of settlement in Palestine, the founding of the state of Israel, and the country's subsequent development. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
With the onset of the modern age, many European Jews began to understand both Judaism and their own Jewish identities in ways other than as the adherence to Jewish law (Halakhah). One of the most successful and enduring efforts to re-conceive the Jewish people was via the (mostly secular) ideology of nationalism. Today, Jewish nationalism is typically understood as the ideology of Zionism, which in turn is equated with the State of Israel. However, in the years leading up to the founding of the Jewish state (1948), the meaning and direction of Jewish nationalism was hotly contested and debated by Jewish thinkers and activists. Indeed, even aslate as World War II, the course of Jewish nationalism was far from certain as Jewish moderates, radicals, revisionists, and the religiously orthodox sought to dominate the movement, while others, out of political and/or religious convictions, resisted ideologies of Jewish nationalism altogether.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the various roles of women and the diverse ways they have been represented in Jewish life and literature from the biblical period through the 20th century. Texts will include biblical passages, Talmudic legislation and interpretation, medieval documents, early modern memoirs, and modern letters, poetry and fiction. Only one of A Jst 248 & A Wss 248 may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
Begins with an overview of European Jewish life on the eve of the attempt at its destruction, examines the cultural, social, and intellectual roots of Nazism, and discusses the efforts to isolate and marginalize those marked as "a-socials" in German society. Explores the radicalization of the Nazi program and investigates the variety of ways targeted groups responded to the crisis. Covers a number of survivor accounts and the memorialization and politicization of the Nazi Holocaust in the United States and Israel. Only one of A His 250 & A Jst 250 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
The history and culture of ancient Israel from its beginnings to the Persian Empire. A survey of the Hebrew Bible (in English) as the major source for the study of early Judaic religious and social forms in the context of the Near East. Only one of A Jst 251, 341, 341Z and AHIS252 may be taken for credit.?May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
History of the Jewish people from Alexander the Great to the decline of the ancient world. Topics include examination of cultural conflict in Judaea and the diaspora, confrontation with Greco-Roman Hellenism and early Christianity, sectarianism, and the beginnings of Rabbinic institutions. Only one of A Jst 252 & A Rel 252 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the course of Jewish history from the development of Christianity until the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648. Investigates the experience of Jews between and within the major religious and cultural systems that dominated medieval Europe; Islam and Christianity. The course charts the history of Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewry, noting the important social, religious, cultural, and political characteristics of each community, as well as their interaction with two great world civilizations. Only one of A His 253, A Jst 253, & A Rel 253 may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with the end of the late Middle Ages and the emergence of the Enlightenment, this class explores how Jewish communities responded to the demands of an ever-expanding modern world. Examines the ways in which Jews and Jewish communities sought to create modern expressions of Judaism and the response of rabbinic Judaism to these challenges. Explores the rise of Hasidism, the aims of "Enlightened" Jewry, nationalism, the creation of secular Jewish cultures, the World Wars, modern antisemitism and the Nazi Holocaust, and the emergence of new Jewish centers in the United States and Israel. Only one of A Jst 254 and A Rel 254 may be taken for credit.
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