| Course | Section | Title | Instructor |
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| HEB 1 | 001 | Elementary Hebrew I | A. Raab |
| HEB 21 | 001 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | A. Raab |
| RST 2 | 001 | Myth, Ritual & Symbolism | N. Janowitz |
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| RST 3C | 001 | Sacrifice | W. Terry |
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| RST 3E | 001 | Fundamentalism | F. Miller |
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| RST 21 | 001 | Hebrew Scriptures | W. Terry |
| RST 40 | 001 | New Testament | C. Chin |
| RST 60 | 001 | Introduction to Islam | W. DeSouza |
| RST 103 | 001 | Christianity 600-1700 | A. Coudert |
| RST 130 | 001 | Apocalypse | C. Chin |
| RST 190 | 001 | Secularism | M. Elmore |
| RST 194HA | 001 | Honors | N. Janowitz |
Hebrew 001: Elementary Hebrew (M-F 9:00-9:50)
CRN 66860
Course format: Lecture – 4 hours; laboratory - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: None.
Text: Chayat, Hebrew from scratch pt 1 aleph 5 cd set and Hebrew from scratch pt 1 aleph; Ya'cov Levy, Oxford-English-Hebrew Hebrew-English; Shumuel Bolozky, 501 Hebrew Verbs.
Hebrew 021: Intermediate Modern Hebrew (M-F 10:00-10:50)
CRN 66861
Course format: Lecture/discussion - 5 hours.
Prerequisite: Course 3.
Text: Chayat, Hebrew from scratch pt 1 aleph 5 cd set and Hebrew from scratch pt 1 aleph; Ya'cov Levy, Oxford-English-Hebrew Hebrew-English; Shumuel Bolozky, 501 Hebrew Verbs.
Religious Studies 2: Myth, Ritual, & Symbolism (TR 10:30-11:50)
Disc. A01 (F 8 :00-9:50) CRN 83270
Disc. A02 (F 10:00-10:50) CRN 83272
Disc. A03 (M 3:10-4:00) CRN 83273
Disc. A04 (M 4:10-5:00) CRN 83274
Disc. A05 (R 4:10-5:00) CRN 83275
Disc. A06 (R 7:10-08:00) CRN 83276
Course format: Lecture – 3 hours; Discussion 1- hour.
Prerequisite: None.
Text: C.S. Lewis, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe; Barbara Miller, tr., Bhagavad-Gita; Band and Dan, Nahman of Bratslav: The Tales; Anonymous and Wendy Doniger, Hindu Myths; Euripides tr. Woodruff, Bacchae; Emile Durkheim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
Religious Studies 3C: Sacrifice (TR 1:40-3:00)
Disc. A01 (M 9:00-9:50) CRN 83262
Disc. A02 (M 8:00-8:50) CRN 83264
Disc. A03 (R 5:10-6:00) CRN 83265
Disc. A04 (R 6:10-7:00) CRN 83266
Disc. A05 (F 9:00-4:00) CRN 83267
Disc. A06 (F 10:00-10:50) CRN 83268
Course description: The central question addressed in this course is why sacrifice has played such a prominent part in world religions from earliest times until the present. What has allowed humans to believe that supernatural beings demand the gruesome and bloody sacrificial death of men, women, children, and animals? In addressing this issue, we will focus on sacrificial rituals in ancient Greek religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and we will discuss the rationale for sacrifice among oral religious traditions in Africa, Hawaii, Europe, and Central America. In addition, we will analyze and evaluate the various theories offered by scholars to explain sacrifice. Is it sufficient to understand sacrificial rituals as a means of communication with higher powers or as gift made in the hope of receiving something valuable in exchange? Alternatively, do we have to look more deeply into human nature and psychology and explain sacrifice as a response to human anxiety, aggression, and violence? Finally, what, if any, role does gender play in sacrifice?
This is and introductory course, and no prior academic study of religion is expected. The course is a General Education course, and emphasizes the development of skills in critical reading and analytic writing. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture – 3 hours; Discussion 1- hour.
Prerequisite: None.
Text: No texts required.
Religious Studies 3E: Fundamentalism (TR 3:10-4:30)
Disc. A01 (M 9:00-9:50) CRN 80251
Disc. A02 (W 3:10-4:00) CRN 80252
Disc. A03 (F 9:00-9:50) CRN 80253
Disc. A04 (W 4:10-5:00) CRN 80254
Disc. A05 (M 3:10-4:00) CRN 80255
Disc. A06 (M 4:10-5:00) CRN 80256
Course description: Introduction to the global and comparative study of fundamentalism. This is a study of Historical origins, basic texts, cultural context of fundamentalist strains of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. Emphasis will be on fundamentalism and science, terrorism, politics and gender. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture – 3 hours; Discussion – 1 hour.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts: Brian Malley, How the Bible Works: An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblicism; M. Marty and R. Appleby, Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The dynamic Character of Movements.
Religious Studies 21: Hebrew Scriptures (MWF 1:10- 2:00)
CRN 80257
Course description: Selected texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis – II Chronicles) and review of modern scholarship on the texts from a variety of perspectives (historical, literary, sociological, psychological). Course work is based on English translation and no knowledge of Hebrew is required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture/discussion –3 hours.; Term paper.
Prerequisite: None.
Text: N. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: a Socio-Literary Introduction; Holy Spirit, The Holy Bible and Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures.
Religious Studies 40: New Testament (MWF 2:10 – 3:00)
Disc. A01 (W 5:10-6:00) CRN 80258
Disc. A02 (W 6:10-7:00) CRN 80259
Disc. A03 (R 5:10-6:00) CRN 80260
Disc. A04 (R 6:10-7:00) CRN 80261
Disc. A05 (F 9:00-9:50) CRN 80262
Disc. A06 (F 10:00-10:50) CRN 80263
Course description: Introduction to the global and comparative study of fundamentalism. This is a study of Historical origins, basic texts, cultural context of fundamentalist strains of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. Emphasis will be on fundamentalism and science, terrorism, politics and gender. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture – 3 hours; Discussion – 1 hour.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts: Inspired, The New Oxford Annotated Bible; B. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings.
Religious Studies 60: Introduction to Islam (MWF 10:00 – 10:50)
CRN 80264
Course description: Introduction to topics central to the Islamic tradition. Muhammad, the Qur'an, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, cosmology, worship, and mysticism. Race and gender in Islam, Islamic revival, and varying experiences of Islam in different historical and cultural settings. GE credit: ArtHum, SocSci, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture/discussion – 3 hours; Extensive writing.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts: Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies; Ernst, Following Muhammad.
Religious Studies 103: Christianity 600-1700 (TR 4:40 – 6:00)
CRN 83258
Course description: The spread of Christianity in the medieval world; the split between Eastern and Western Christianity; Christian reactions to Judaism and Islam; the Reformations and wars of religion. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course format: Lecture/discussion – 3 hours; Extensive writing.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts: TBA.
Religious Studies 130: Apocalypse (MWF 11:00 – 11:50)
CRN 83259
Course description: Survey of Christian apocalyptic narratives and ideas in the history of the western world, from antiquity to present. Emphasis on the influence of Christian apocalyptic thought on modern secular doomsday narratives.
Course format: Lecture-discussion – 3 hours; Term paper.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Texts: W. Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Religious Studies 190: Secularism (TR 3:10 – 4:30)
CRN 83252
Course format: Lecture/Discussion – 3 hours; Term paper.
Texts: TBA.