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HDS 3641

Time and Space in Rabbinic Judaism

Jonathan Schofer

Description

This course examines the ways that spatiality and temporality were understood and made meaningful by the rabbis of late antiquity, whose thought and practice have shaped the religious life of Jews to the present day. Topics include accounts of creation and the cosmos; memory and forgetting; the Temple, synagogues, and everyday spaces; and weekly, monthly, and annual ritual cycles. Readings will be in English translation. If there is sufficient student interest, a discussion section for the study of texts in original languages may be created.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1240

Scheduling

Half Course
Not Offered 2009-10
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Jewish Studies
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Judaism
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 3
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a