History

HIS 74 Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures

Surveys 3,000 years of Jewish history. Themes include origins of the Jews in the ancient world, formation and persistence of the Jewish diaspora, coherence and diversity of Jewish experience, Jewish narrative and textual traditions, interaction between Jews and other cultures, productive tensions between tradition and modernity in Jewish history and literature.

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

Instructor

Bruce Thompson, Alma Heckman