Introduction to Judaism

Instructors

• Barry Scott Wimpfheimer - 847 4912618 - Crowe Hall, 1860 Campus Drive, 5-174

Meeting Info

• Parkes Hall 212 - MoWe 10:00AM - 12:30PM

Overview of class

• This course attempts to answer the questions "What is Judaism?" and "Who is a Jew?" by surveying the broad arc of Jewish history, reviewing the practices and beliefs that have defined and continue to define Judaism as a religion, sampling the vast treasure of Jewish literatures, and analyzing the unique social conditions that have made the cultural experience of Jewishness so significant. The class will employ a historical structure to trace the evolutions of Jewish literature, religion, and culture through the ages. This course counts toward the Weinberg College ethics and values distribution requirement, Area V.6WKS

Class Attributes

• Ethics & Values Distro Area Distro Area
  
  

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