Thinking Like the Rabbis: Law, History, and Society

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as JS 2150) Rabbinic texts and rabbinic thought in late antique Greco-Roman and Persian worlds: Midrash, Mishnah, Talmud, and Aggadah. Examines legal reasoning, interpretation, and argumentation in Jewish law and society. Explores law, gender, sectarianism, and cultural contexts within Roman and Persian worlds. Engages timeless questions about ethics, justice, and meaning. No credit for students who have earned credit for 2150. [3]