RELS219C

Cross-listed with: JWST230, RELS230. Credit only granted for: HIST281, JWST230, RELS219C or RELS230. Formerly: RELS219C. Introduces the dramatic literary and cultural (as well as political and demographic) innovations that reshaped Judaism in late antiquity. Examines the fundamental works and genres of rabbinic literature and the religious movement that produced them. Special emphasis on the rabbinic uses of "tradition" to enhance authority and legitimacy, and to foster group identity. Cross-listed with HIST281 and JWST230. Credit granted for HIST281, JWST230, or RELS219C. Introduces the dramatic literary and cultural (as well as political and demographic) innovations that reshaped Judaism in late antiquity. Examines the fundamental works and genres of rabbinic literature and the religious movement that produced them. Special emphasis on the rabbinic uses of "tradition" to enhance authority and legitimacy, and to foster group identity.