NES 3530 - A Mediterranean Society and Its Culture

(crosslisted) JWST 3530, MEDVL 3530, RELST 3530
(GHB) (HA-AS, HST-AS) (CU-ITL)

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with JWST 6330/MEDVL 6330/NES 6330/RELST 6330.

R. Brann.

This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth century. The intersection of the two cultures (scriptural, spiritual, intellectual, literary, communal, and interpersonal) and members of their respective religious communities will be studied through readings of primary texts (in translation). The course will conclude with some brief reflections on historical memory and the modern and contemporary significance of the two religious communities’ interactions during the classical age of Islam.