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:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Thu 02:00PM - 04:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
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

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