Middlebury

RELI0264A-S16

Jewish-Christian Interactions

Conflict and Identity: Jewish-Christian Interactions
“Urging a Jew to convert to Christianity is like advising a person to move upstairs while demolishing the ground floor.” This quip by Moses Mendelssohn epitomizes Christianity’s conflicted attitude to its Jewish origin, affirming it while rejecting it. Yet the relationship is not symmetrical, for the very reason that Judaism precedes Christianity. In this course we will examine the troubled history of the relationship between Christians and Jews from antiquity to the present. Readings include Church Fathers, rabbinic texts, medieval polemics, law codes regulating Jewish-Christian interactions (particularly governing food and table fellowship) and modern interfaith dialogue. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22389
Subject Code:
RELI
Course Number:
0264
Section Identifier:
A

Course

RELI 0264

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Spring 2016

RELI0264A-S16 Lecture (Schine)