The Ancient Origins of Religious Conflict in the Middle East

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as CLAS 3010) Religious oppositions in the eastern Mediterranean world from the Maccabean revolt to the Muslim conquests of the seventh century; beginnings of religious militancy; challenges of monotheism to Greco-Roman civilization; conversion, persecution, and concepts of heresy and holy war in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. No credit for students who have earned credit for 3010. [3]