5 courses with the subject HIS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HIS 350American Jewish History and Culture - 2 sections register for only 1, see course schedule2
Rabbi David Fine, PhD What has it meant to be Jewish in America in the modern era? It is a provocative question, and one that has many different answers depending on the time period, region and perspective. This course will explore some of these answers and the debates surrounding them by examining the history and culture of the Jewish community in North America, starting with the first Jewish immigrants in the seventeenth century, and working our way to the present day. Among the topics covered will be the different waves of Jewish immigration, the evolving role of women within American Judaism, relations with other immigrant and minority communities, and the complex relationship of the various denominations and the Zionist movement. Looking at these and other subjects last offered Fall 2024; typically offered every 3-4 terms Required Textbooks: Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism: A History, second edition (2019) ISBN: 0300190395 Amazon $22.99
HIS 401Great Ideas and Debates of Jewish History II2
Rabbi David Fine, PhD The second part of this two-trimester course will examine the new ideas and the great debates that affected Jewish belief, culture and society from the Early Middle Ages up through Early Modern Times. This trimester will focus on the new ideas, perspectives, innovations, and debates of the Babylonian Jewish community under Islamic rule, followed by the growth of the Spanish Jewish community and the exciting developments created in that context. The development of the Ashkenazi Jewish community, as well as its unique understanding of Torah, will be explored, along with the influences and cultural exchange between Judaism and the Medieval Christian World, leading into the period of European Enlightenment and the Early Modern World. Great Ideas and Debates of Jewish History II may be taken before Great Ideas and Debates of Jewish History I. Required Texts: 1. Seth Schwartz, The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad 2. Marina Rustow, Heresy and the Politics of Community: The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate 3. Jonathan Ray, Jewish Life in Medieval Spain: A New History 4. Moshe Halbertal, Maimonides: Life and Thought 5. David Biale, ed., Cultures of the Jews: A New History 6. Avraham Grossman Rashi 7. Robert Chazen, In the Year 1096: The First Crusade and the Jews 8. Gavin Langmuir, History, Religion and Antisemitism 9. Ivan G. Marcus, Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe 10. Israel Jacob Yuval, Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 11. Ben-Zion Netanyahu, The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain 12. Cohen, Joshua, The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family [a novel] Amazon $9.94 ISBN: 1681376075 13. Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 14. Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Satan in Goray [a novel] Amazon $17.50 ISBN 1632922347 ($17.50 on Amazon) 15. Michael A. Meyer, The Origins of the Modern Jew: Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824
