RLST 283
Jewish Sacred Literature

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Literature and the Arts course.

Literary study of the major post-biblical sacred texts of Judaism; includes readings in translation from Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmudim, midrashim, piyyutim, and mystical treatises. Emphasizes nature, history, function, and development of literary patterns and forms and the relationships between form and content in these texts. Same as CWL 283, and ENGL 283.