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4.00 Credits
For hours and prerequisites, see segment descriptions. Exploration of developments in Judaism during this period, such as the collection of the Mishna, the development of the Talmud, Jewish Gnosticism, the medieval philosophers, Hassidism, the Reform, Orthodox and Conservative movements.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the major themes of Jewish religious thought and the impact of its mysticism and the phenomenon of underground religion upon the development of Judaism and western civilization.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; consultation/ reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Major modern thinkers including Buber, Rosenzweig, Kaplan, and Heschel among others will be studied in light of their inspirations from the Talmudic, philosophic, and mystical literatures of the Jewish past and in response to the impact of Christian and secular thought of the present.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An examination of the interaction of normative and marginal Judaism in the post-biblical period as disclosed through an examination of Jewish prayer books, the great works of the Jewish mystical tradition, and magical texts.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside reading, 3 hours, or consultation, 1 hour. An exploration of major teaching of Judaism. A brief historical background is related to central affirmations. Emphasis is placed on the historical shape of faith and contemporary dynamics of faith.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): one lowerdivision course in Religious Studies or consent of instructor. A survey of the religious, historical and ideological background regarding the origins of the Zionist idea and Holocaust.
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4.00 Credits
For hours and prerequisites, see segment descriptions. Academic examination of issues relating to the Bible.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of contemporary ways in which Jesus has been understood by academically oriented scholarship. Particular attention is given to the question of sources and of the methods used to identify those parts of the preserved tradition that are attributed to Jesus himself.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): RLST 010; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines artistic rewritings of biblical narratives from antiquity to the present (ancient Jewish and Christian novels, medieval plays and stories, modern films and novels) to explore the intersections of religion, culture, and society.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of the literature and history of the early Christian movement. Attention is given to New Testament materials and apocryphal writings.
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