Intro to Rabbinic Literature

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TAUGHT BY GTU/CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES. This class will serve as an introduction to rabbinic literature and history. We will consider the development of rabbinic Judaism in its late-antique context and gain familiarity with the primary collections of rabbinic literature: the Talmud and Midrash. Some themes that we will explore include rabbinic Biblical hermeneutics, the origins of rabbinic law, the rise of rabbinic authority and rabbinic constructions of gender. [Auditors with faculty permission]