2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Dec 21, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

JS 150 - Jerusalem in History and Imagination

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion

Surveys fortunes and forms of Jerusalem from Bronze Age to present day. Examines the political and religious visions for the city (pagan, Jewish, Christian, Muslim) and the secular and religious aspirations of these groups as they have become inextricably entangled with the history of the city.

Cross Listed: CLAS 150, HIST 150

Instructor: Mr. Burke and Mr. Fox

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: Paul Burke, Ph.D. Professor of Classics Adjunct Professor of History, Everett Fox, Ph.D. Allen M. Glick Chair in Judaic and Biblical Studies Director, Jewish Studies Program; Acting Director, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fall 08