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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2021
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JWST 201 001 (CRN: 13128)
GREAT BOOKS OF JEWISH CULTURE
Long Title: GREAT BOOKS OF JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE
Department: Jewish Studies
Instructor: Farah, Daniella
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (23-AUG-2021 - 3-DEC-2021)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 9
Enrollment data as of: 22-JUN-2024 5:36AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
14-DEC-2021
2:00PM - 5:00PM T
Description: The Jewish people have often understood themselves as the “people of the book,” because of the Jewish tradition’s reliance on texts and textual study as a central component of religious culture and practice. This course will take the idea of the book as a starting point for a survey of Jewish history and culture. Spanning the biblical period to the present, we will read primary texts important to Jewish life and culture as well as scholarship from disciplines as varied as religion, history, anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, philosophy, and gender and sexuality studies. In doing so, we will learn about the varied communities that produced these texts; the languages they spoke and read; their particular religious and cultural practices; and how they have understood themselves in the context of other social and political communities over time, including in the ancient, medieval, and modern eras.