RELI535
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RELI535 - Mending the World, Social Justice, and the Quest for Redemption: Kabbalah
Course ID
018727
Course Description
In this course about Jewish mystical tradition or Kabbalah (and What Celebrities Don't Know About It) students will be introduced to the ideology, symbolism, and major themes of Jewish mysticism in the context of Jewish history. Students will survey that tradition using major texts and concepts in chronological order and interpret them in reference to the historical conditions in which the texts were produced, the internal dynamics of Jewish mysticism itself, and the social and psychological functions that mysticism fulfilled and fulfills for its practitioners.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Attributes
CE - CL (Cross Listed)
Course Requisites
Cross Listed Courses
May be convened with
RELI435
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No