In this course, we will first examine the various attempts to bring Judaism and philosophy together, beginning with Philo of Alexandria in late Antiquity, and reaching its culmination in the High Middle Ages in the writings of Saadya Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakudah, Judah Halevi, and, above all, the towering philosopher and jurist, Moses Maimonides. This question of the relationship, whether harmonious or discordant, between “Jerusalem” and “Athens,” that is, between revelation and reason or between religion and philosophy, is the key issue of religious philosophy in the Middle Ages. Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979).ĭescription: “What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem!” the great church father Tertullian exclaimed. Students with a particular interest in the modern era, especially the 20th and 21st centuries, are advised to continue on to JWST 334 (Jews and Muslims: A Modern History) in Winter 2024.Īdina Hoffman and Peter Cole, Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza (Schocken Books, 2011) Norman A. Through film and music, this course also probes themes of history and memory. By engaging close readings of primary sources and historical scholarship, students will learn how Jews under Islam indelibly shaped Judaism and Jewish practice, how engagement with Arabic in Islamic Spain led to the revival of Hebrew, and how the Jewish-Muslim relationship fared along the way. This course explores the Jewish experience among Muslims from the rise of Islam through the eve of colonialism. JWST 245 Jewish Life in the Islamic Worldĭescription: From the seventh century until the early modern period, most Jews spoke Arabic and called the Islamic world home.
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