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WN 2013
History
HISTORY 594 - Topics in History
Section 002
Introduction to the Talmud and the Rabbis

Credits:

Waitlist Capacity:

Repeatability:

May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit(s). May be elected more than once in the same term.

Undergrad and Grad
Meet Together Classes:

HISTORY 269 - Intro to Talmud, Section 001

JUDAIC 260 - Intro to Talmud, Section 001

JUDAIC 517 - Topics in Judaic St, Section 005

RELIGION 260 - Intro to Talmud, Section 001

Primary Instructor:

Neis,Rachel

(real time availability for all sections)

Course Requirements:

This course will introduce you to that great classic of Jewish culture, the Talmud. Part legal compendium, part ritual manual, part narrative anthology, the Talmud is an idiosyncratic, complex, profound and humorous meditation on many aspects of life including law, ritual, desire and God. Through an examination of the historical conditions of those who framed it and an in-depth introduction to its literary features, you will learn to analyze and read this ancient document produced in the first few centuries of the Common Era in Palestine and in Babylonia by the Jewish sages. In order to deepen our understanding of rabbinic culture, we will also study other important rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah and Midrash, as well as sources related to the Christian, Greco-Roman and Sasanian-Persian environments in which the rabbis lived.

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Class Format:

The course will meet twice a week for 1.5 hours at a time.

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