The Talmud: Research Methods and Tools

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Course Description

This seminar introduces students to the academic study of the Talmud and related classical rabbinic texts from late antiquity. Students will engage the major philological and historical questions concerning the making of the Talmud, along with textual tools to help them decode the texts. Prerequisite: Hebrew.

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Grading Basis

RLT - Letter (ABCD/NP)

Min

3

Max

5

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

Yes

Total Units Allowed for Degree Credit

999

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII)

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No