Interfaith Relations

How did Jews and Christians engage with one another in the early modern period? While we often think of interfaith dialogue as a modern phenomenon, in reality the relationship between these two religions has a long history, marked by shared cultural production as well as fraught with tension. This course investigates the particular dynamics of Jewish-Christian interactions in the early modern world. It proceeds thematically rather than chronologically, taking these interfaith encounters as its object and zooming in on particular aspects of how they played out.

The Jewish Experience II

The life and history of the Jews in the medieval and modern worlds. Topics include Jewish-Christian relations; development of Jewish philosophy and mysticism; Jewish life in Eastern Europe; the Holocaust; State of Israel; Jews and Judaism in North America. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)
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