“Jews and Judaism in Modern Times”
Michael Berger, Undergraduate Lecture Course, Emory University, Fall 2013
The aim of this course in terms of content is to enable students to understand how Judaism in the modern period evolved — and continues to evolve up to the present day. To be sure, Jews today have multiple sources of identification — not only religious, but national and ethnic as well. However, our course focuses on the religious dimensions of Jewish identity and thinking and how they have changed as a result of Jews’ entrance into Western society and their engagement with its culture. While we have occasion to address nonreligious subjects, our focus remains the religious dimension.
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