Introduction to the text, development, history, and social context of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and early Jewish literature.
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Explores the development of Jewish law from antiquity to modernity, focusing on business practices and ethics.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025This course explores European Yiddish fiction, poetry, folklore, and cinema from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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The course is rated as low difficulty, with assignments allowing resubmissions except for the final paper.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025JEWISH 430 covers intermediate topics in Jewish literature.
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Historical reviews of Rachel Brenner: Workload includes daily reading responses and presentations, or mandatory attendance at three daytime lectures outside class time.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024