Topics in Jewish History

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Topics in Jewish History will vary each semester, particularly with respect to geographical areas and time periods. Topics to be discussed may include but are not limited to: the relationship between religion and politics during periods of social, cultural, and legal transformation; Jewish reinterpretations of medieval religious and legal traditions; the interplay between Jewish and broader cultures and how Jewish communities navigated tensions with general society; rabbinic personalities and controversies concerning rabbinic authority and sectarianism.