Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MYSTICISM BEFORE MYSTICISM SEMINAR

Department: Religion

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Explores mysticism in second temple Judaism and early Christianity, a period prior to the Kabbalah and Dionysius the Areopagite. Materials covered include Jewish and Christian scriptures, pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Gnostic, Hermetic, Patristic, Neo-Platonic, and Hekhalot literature. Ancient astrological and magical traditions are also discussed. Work in original language 586 presentation, and complete at least one book review. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 483.