Fall 2021  |  CNES 8570 Section 001: Readings in Religious Texts -- Ancient Religions & Theoretical Methods (33949)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Meets With:
RELS 8070 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 201
Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close reading of selected literary or epigraphical texts of importance for the history of ancient Mediterranean religions, along with critical discussion of trends in recent scholarship. The texts may be read in the original languages (such as Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc.) but may also be accessed in translation where appropriate.
Class Notes:
Though designed for graduate students in the Religions in Antiquity program, graduate students in comparable programs are welcome to enroll. Please contact the instructor for further information.
Class Description:
In this seminar, we will study several theoretical models in the study of religion and apply them to analyzing ancient evidence from the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean periods (covering the time period from about 1000 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.). Some of the themes covered will be: religious violence, purity/impurity issues, ritual activity, and constructions of power (such as rhetorical ideologies, societal structures, and imperialism). We will also analyze the study of this ancient evidence in academia, paying close attention to the strategies utilized in "traditional" scholarship and modern critiques of this history of scholarship. We will analyze evidence in translation, but students with linguistic competence in the relevant languages will be urged to apply them in their final course projects. Although designed for graduate students in the Religions in Antiquity program, graduate students in comparable programs are welcome to enroll. Please contact the instructor for further information.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Graduate students enrolled in the Religions in Antiquity program as well as graduate students in comparable disciplines who wish to be up to date in how modern scholars are analyzing ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean evidence and how they are re-assessing the history of scholarship in the related disciplines.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33949/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 April 2021

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