Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492

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HIST 131, JWST 131

Instructors:Shulamit Magnus

Credit hours:Course credits:=3 Course division:=SS

Timeframe:Course semester:=fall semester

Capacity:Course capacity:=30 students

CDWR

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Survey of Jewish history from biblical origins through the medieval period in Christian and Islamic realms. Covers biblical society, ideas, and literature; Hellenistic and Roman rule in Judea; Jewish sects of the Second Temple period, including early Christianity; emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish political attitudes toward non-Jews and the authorities; Christianity and Islam and the Jews; community and family; medieval Jew-hatred and Jewish responses during the Crusades, expulsions, popular judeophobia.