Fall 2007

ANTH 275
The World of Jewish Sepharad

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Hist&Philosoph Perspect, Non-Western Cultures, and Western Compartv Cult course.

Study of the cultural legacy and history of the Sephardic Jews, mostly focusing on the Mediterranean and the thriving communities they established in countries of Muslim governance and in the Balkans, and more recently in America. The Judeo-Spanish language, which has been preserved until the end of the twentieth century, the press, literature and music will be components of this course. Same as HIST 267 and RLST 275.