Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Medieval Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: JEWS & CHRISTIANS: PERCEPTIONS OF THE OTHER ***** This course will study how Jews and Christians imagined the other in the Middle Ages and how these perceptions persisted and changed during modern times. Topic of discussion: just as the Jewish position towards Christianity was influenced by Christian attitudes toward Jews, we must assume that the Christian stance was influenced by Jewish attitudes toward Christianity. ***** Also offered as HIST 445.