Courses - Spring 2027
JWST319J
Special Topics in Jewish Studies; Greeks, Jews, & Christians: Between Gods & Humans in the AncWorld
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with CLAS333. Credit only granted for JWST39J or CLAS333.
Our modern world is shaped by a confluence of Greek, Jewish, and Christian traditions. How did Greeks, Jews, and Christians relate to one another in the ancient world? What have we inherited from them? Working across a range of texts and objects from the first millennium BCE through to the emergence of Christianity in the first century CE, we will learn just how Jewish early Christianity is, how Greek ancient Judaism is, and how this triangulation of ancient communities has shaped our modern concepts of religion and secularism, past and future, faith and reason.
Our modern world is shaped by a confluence of Greek, Jewish, and Christian traditions. How did Greeks, Jews, and Christians relate to one another in the ancient world? What have we inherited from them? Working across a range of texts and objects from the first millennium BCE through to the emergence of Christianity in the first century CE, we will learn just how Jewish early Christianity is, how Greek ancient Judaism is, and how this triangulation of ancient communities has shaped our modern concepts of religion and secularism, past and future, faith and reason.
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