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Next: HUMAN STUDIES AND RELIGION Up: Religion (REL) Previous: CHRISTIAN STUDIES
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES
261. Jesus and Judaism
History and dynamics of Jewish-Christian relations from antiquity to the present as influenced by teachings concerning the nature and identity of Jesus. Emphasis on the interpretation of New Testament texts throughout history. Includes Jesus' Jewish identity, Jewish responses to Jesus and Christianity, and the theological roots of anti-Semitism. Alternate years. (Humanities) QUEHL-ENGEL [JC]
362. Holocaust and Hope
Theological developments in the contemporary interaction between Judaism and Christianity as shaped by the watershed events of the Nazi Holocaust and the return of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel, with attention to the claim that basic changes in Western religious understanding are now inevitable. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or approval of instructor. Alternate years. (Humanities) VERNOFF [JC]
363. Suffering and the Sacred
Jewish and Christian theological approaches to human suffering. Biblical responses of lament and audacious defiance, submission, and redemptive suffering, as well as their elaboration in later Jewish and Christian traditions. Comparative analysis includes liberation, feminist, Black, and Holocaust perspectives. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or approval of instructor. Alternate years. (Humanities) QUEHL-ENGEL [JC]
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