JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It

Students are introduced to Rabbinic Judaism as it unfolded over centuries and came to be accepted as normative. Students explore ways in which Rabbis worked to create a dynamic religious system, which could portray itself as a continuing tradition while regularly absorbing new ideas and influences. Historical and literary approaches to the course material provide necessary context for developments in Judaism between the second and early twentieth centuries C.E. while exposing students to texts that both shaped those developments and were defined by them.

Credits: 1.0
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: None
Liberal Arts CORE: None

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