College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RELG 026. Performing Judaism: Feasts and Fasts
This course introduces students to Judaism as lived-enacted and embodied-through a critical examination of Jewish holiday and lifecycle rituals. We will study the beginnings of Jewish rituals and chart their development throughout centuries of Jewish history, noting how ritual allows Judaism to retain ancient roots and grow new branches. Our discussions will be informed by contemporary scholarship in performance studies, ritual studies, gender studies, and anthropology. These current approaches will help us compare (and contrast) Jewish rituals with rituals of other religions.
1 credit.
Not offered 2014-2015.
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