Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21H.914 (Fall 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• History 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Peter Temin 
• Course Introduction:
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  21H.914 Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features study questions for the majority of the readings. This course also features archived syllabi from various semesters.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course explores how our views of Jewish history have been formed and how this history can explain the survival of the Jews as an ethnic/religious group into the present day. Special attention is given to the partial and fragmentary nature of our information about the past, and the difficulties inherent in decoding statements about the past that were written with a religious agenda in mind. It also considers complex events in Jewish history -- from early history as portrayed in the Bible to recent history, including the Holocaust.
  
  

  Recommended Citation

  
  
  

  For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:

  Peter Teimn course materials for 21H.914: Jews from Biblical to Modern Times, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].