This course explores the messianic idea in America as well as the messianic movements that have been active in the…
An introduction to the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. We will look at the biblical text as modern interpreters…
Few technological innovations have more profoundly shaped the course of human civilization than the invention of writing. This course explores…
This seminar will examine how historians have reconstructed the life, teachings and death of the historical Jesus. We will look…
In 1905 the sociologist Max Weber famously proclaimed that capitalism has a “spirit.” Beyond just determining how we make money…
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been described as the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. The first scrolls…
Students learn about Islam as a global, historical religious tradition and the dynamic interaction between religious ideas, practices, and debates…
This interdisciplinary course explores various, often conflicting ways of conceiving and shaping reality in the ancient world – religious, scientific,…
Beliefs about what a human being is—and isn’t—lie at the root of all religious traditions and also of secular ideologies….
This seminar examines the cultural construction of animals in Japanese myth, folklore, and religion. We will discuss various kinds of…