Topics in the Cultures and Histories of the Jews of Islam:

(4 Credits)

This course is designed to introduce students to Judeo-Arabic, a religiolect that has been written and spoken in various forms by Jews throughout the Arabic-speaking world, which was the vast majority of the world’s Jews during the Middle Ages. Judeo-Arabic can be examined through different disciplines such as philology, linguistics, history, philosophy, law, literature and more.