HIS208Y – History of the Jewish People

Readings

Fall Semester

September 9
• Organizational meeting
• Jewish Identity and Geography ca. 300 CE
Efron, chapters 1-3.
No Tutorial.

September 16
• Jews in a Christianizing Roman Empire
• Church Fathers and the Jews
Efron, chapters 4-5; Marcus, nos. 1, 2, 19, 20, 21, 71.
No Tutorial.

September 23
• Jews in Early Medieval Europe
• Jews and the Rise of Islam
Efron, 147-8, 157-8 (Spain), 160-1 (Italy), 161-2 (France), 164 (Germany), 116-21
(Islam); Marcus, nos. 3.I, 4, 22, 48, 72.
Tutorial #1.

September 30
• Jews in Medieval Islamic State and Society
• Jewish Cultural Flourishing under Medieval Islam
Efron, 121-45; Marcus, nos. 38, 57, 58, 59, 62, 73, 75.
Tutorial #2.

October 7
• Jews in the Medieval European State
• Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism (?) in Medieval Europe
Efron, 148-67; Marcus, nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 29, 31.
Tutorial #3.
Document Analysis Posted

October 14
• Medieval Jewish Society and Politics
• Medieval Jewish Women and Family Life
Efron, 166-9; Marcus, nos. 40.I-II, 60, 63, 79, 81, 90.
Tutorial #4.

October 21
• Medieval Jewish Religious and Intellectual Life I (Mediterranean)
• Medieval Jewish Religious and Intellectual Life II (Northern Europe)
Efron, 170-2; Marcus, nos. 39, 47, 74, 77.
Tutorial #5.
Document Analysis Due

October 28
• Conversion, Inquisition, and Expulsion in Spain and Portugal
• Jews in the Ottoman Empire
Efron, 174-89; Marcus, nos. 11, 12, 35, 65, 83.
Tutorial #6.

November 4
• Jews in Renaissance Italy
• Jewish Cultural and Religious Change in the 16th Century
Efron, 189-200; Marcus, nos. 42, 51, 52, 78, 82, 84, 88.
Tutorial #7.

November 18
• Jews, Protestant Reformers, and Christian Hebraists
• Jews and Conversos in Western-Central Europe ca. 1570-1700
Efron, 200-2, 213-26; Marcus, nos. 14, 15, 16, 32, 33, 41, 66, 68, 86.
Tutorial #8.

November 25
• Rise of East European Jewry I.
• Rise of East European Jewry II
Efron, 204-13; Marcus, nos. 43, 67, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
Tutorial #9.

December 2
• Messiahs and Skeptics in the 17th Century
• Loose ends; review
Efron, 222-229
Marcus, 53, 69
Tutorial #10.