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Spring 2021 | RELS 8190 Section 001: Comparative Seminar in Religions in Antiquity -- Historical Vision Identity & Mission in Anc. World (66304)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics vary, see Class Schedule. Major cultural movement as it developed over several centuries. Draws on evidence in literature, archival records, inscriptions, documentary papyri, and archaeological remains. Artistic media such as wall painting, architectural ornament, funerary sculpture, or manuscript illumination. prereq: Grad student in relevant field
- Class Description:
This course explores how ancient religious communities and authors have imagined the past, and what these imaginations can tell us about the goals and identities of these communities and individuals. In addition to broad theoretical discussion of history and memory, we will read and discuss the historical consciousness embedded in various sections of the Hebrew Bible (such as Deuteronomistic History), Second Temple literature, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament, Patristic writings, Rabbinic literature, and the Qur'an. The purpose of the course is to enable students to think about historical consciousness within a comparative framework and to utilize this concept as a productive analytical category in their research domains.
- Class Format:
Remote.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66304/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 December 2020
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 Religious Studies Classes