RELI499

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RELI499

Anthropology of Judaism RELI499 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      19         1

This First-Year-Initiative seminar will introduce the methods and scholarship that anthropologists bring to the study of Judaism. Some supervised fieldwork, along with readings dealing with Jewish rituals, praying communities, and traditional forms of learning, will provide students with an understanding of the social dimensions of religion.

MAJOR READINGS

S. Heilman, SYNAGOGUE LIFE
B. Meyerhof, NUMBER OUR DAYS
J. Mintz, HASIDIC PEOPLE
J. Kugelman, BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
H. Goldberg, JUDAISM: VIEWED FROM WITHIN AND FROM WITHOUT

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers; collaborative research project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Fieldwork Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS RELI

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Newman, D; Times: ...T... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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