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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Duff Comprehensive study of the life and teachings of Jesus with critical attention to sources. Quest for the historical Jesus.
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3.00 Credits
Duff Backgrounds of early Christianity, first-century religious and social conditions affecting the spread of Christianity, the life and journeys of Paul, Paul's presentation of the Christian faith.
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3.00 Credits
Eisen A survey of Jewish thought and practice from the biblical to the modern period; introduction to the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic Judaism, Jewish philosophy and mysticism, Judaism in the modern period; an examination of the central rituals in Judaism, including Sabbath, dietary laws, and major festivals. (Fall)
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3.00 Credits
Eisen The thought-world of rabbinic Judaism in its formative period, 100-500 CE, through a close reading of primary texts in translation selected from Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash. Topics include Oral Torah, the mechanics of rabbinic law, conceptions of God, views on suffering. The influence of rabbinic Judaism on modern Jewish ethics and thought.
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3.00 Credits
Hiltebeitel Religious themes and images of the hero and their cultural significance in literature: e.g., Indo-European, Biblical, Babylonian narrative traditions; Greek epic and drama; Dante, Milton, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Hesse, Faulkner, Beckett.
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3.00 Credits
Eisen A historical treatment of the major forms of Jewish mysticism: the ecstatic schools of Merkavah mysticism, medieval German pietism, and Abraham Abulafia; the theosophic mysticism of medieval French and Spanish Kabbalah, Lurianic Kabbalah, and modern Hasidism; examination of major concepts, such as God, man, Israel, Torah, and redemption, as understood by these schools.
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3.00 Credits
Duff History of Judaism from the time of Ezra through the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE-canonization of the Pentateuch, Hellenism, Maccabean revolt, growth of sectarian movements, Herod, ferment against Rome in context of Eastern and Western political currents. Use of primary sources, especially the Bible, Josephus, and noncanonical writings.
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3.00 Credits
Eisen An exploration of Jewish philosophical thinking from the close of the rabbinic period to the end of the Middle Ages through an analysis of four major philosophers-Saadiah, Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Gersonides. Topics include the nature of God, creation, divine providence, prophecy, and the rationale for the biblical commandments.
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3.00 Credits
Eisen Jewish thought from 1800 to the present through an exploration of six preeminent Jewish theologians: Moses Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, A.J. Heschel, J.B. Soloveitchik, and Mordecai Kaplan. The relationship between these thinkers and the major Jewish denominations: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist.
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3.00 Credits
Eisen In-depth exploration of a selected thinker or issue in Jewish thought. Recommended for students with academic background in the study of religion or Judaic studies.
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