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RELIGION 1255 / HDS 3668 – Selected Works of Twentieth Century Jewish Theology

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RELIGION 1255 – Selected Works of Twentieth Century Jewish Theology

Semester: Fall
Offered: 2021
Instructor: Jon Levenson
Meeting Time: T, Th 10:30am-11:45am

A close reading of selected works of Jewish theology from the twentieth century, with special attention to the questions of God, Torah, and Israel in light of modernity the challenges and opportunities that it presents with regard to traditional Jewish practice, belief, and identity. Authors read will be drawn mostly from the following: Baeck, Buber, Rosenzweig, Kaplan, Soloveitchik, Heschel, Leibowitz, Fackenheim, and Wyschogrod.

Offered jointly with Harvard Divinity School as HDS 3668

For more details please visit the Harvard Course Catalog.