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Academic Year 2005/2006

Judaism and Story
RELI 203 FA

From the classical Biblical and Rabbinic periods and down to modern times, Jewish culture has preferred the genre of story to conjure its sacred and secular realities. The composing of imaginative narratives has evoked and inscribed a number of discreet Judaisms, while storytelling and ritualized study have served to forge distinct and competing Jewish identities. This course will focus on the inventions of Judaisms and Jewish identities in foundational Biblical tales, interpretive Rabbinic legends, mystical Hasidic fantasies, Yiddish satires, as well as in Kafka parables and other secular transformations of the Jewish tradition in contemporary American and Israeli fiction.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS RELI    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Zwelling,Jeremy    

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: PAC004;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 60)

SR. major: 10   Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 10   Jr. non-major: 10   SO: 10   FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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