Jews in Spain

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The history of the Jews of Spain represents one of the most varied and remarkable chapters in the history of the Jewish people. This course will explore the major social, cultural and intellectual trends of Jewish civilization in the Iberian Peninsula through secondary readings and the analysis of medieval religious and literary texts. A central theme will be the way in which medieval Islamic and Christian society helped to shape that of Iberian Jewry.