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This course examines competing conceptions of sacred history in the formative Jewish and Christian traditions. We will examine these issues through a comparative analysis of biblical figures that both traditions venerate. We will also examine competing conceptions of Jesus in Judaism and Christianity. In addition to relevant excerpts from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, students will be expected to analyze post-biblical rabbinic midrash and classical patristic commentary on these scriptures, for it is only through this interpretive literature that we can understand the historical development of traditional Jewish and Christian conceptions of sacred history.
3 credits of HIST; Sophomore standing.
9704916217 | james.lindsay@colostate.edu
I joined the Department of History at Colorado State University in 1996. My teaching repertoire includes courses on ancient, medieval, and modern Middle East history. My research is focused on the history and historiography of the Islamic Near East in the middle ages.
Learn more at: http://history.colostate.edu/people/lindsayj/