RELI115

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Jewish Philosophy and Ethics

Subject Code

RELI

Course Number

115

Department(s)

Course Title

Jewish Philosophy and Ethics

Course Description

Explores issues and problems related to the philosophical and ethical literature of the Jews, from the Talmudic period through the present. Topics vary and may include classical Jewish texts, mysticism, continental and poststructural Jewish philosophy, morality, and social practice, women and gender, and Judaism in America. The course encourages students to recognize in Jewish texts reflections of Judaism that are diverse and at times antithetical to one another. Same as JWST-115. 4 SH. CC: Ethics.

Course Types

Standard (STAND), Ethics (ETHCS)

Semester Hours

4