Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Medieval Jewish Culture
Term
2020C
Subject area
HEBR
Section number only
401
Section ID
HEBR583401
Course number integer
583
Registration notes
Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
Meeting times
W 03:00 PM-06:00 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Talya Fishman
Description
Through close reading of primary sources in the original Hebrew, participants in this seminar will explore historical circumstances that engaged and shaped medieval Jews in both Christian and Muslim lands, along with the enduring cultural projects that Jews themselves produced. Topics will include Geonica, Karaism, the encounter of Reason and Revelation; the Christian "Other": the Muslim "Other"; legal codification; the Tosafist project; Rhineland Pietism; Minhag (custom); family life; the aesthetic dimension; Kabbalah; conversos; messianism. Students should be able to comfortably read unpointed Hebrew.
Course number only
583
Cross listings
RELS523401, JWST523401
Use local description
No