Tractate Avodah Zarah in Context

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This course explores themes in tractates Avodah Zarah, Foreign Worship, of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmudim. We will explore Jewish relations with non-Jews-Romans, Christians and Sasanian Persians-from the late 1st to the 6th centuries CE, focussing on idolatry and its expression in the public sphere. This seminar will focus on modern methods for the historical study of rabbinic cultures and literatures.