REL 3820 JEWISH ETHICS

This course explores traditional and contemporary Jewish approaches to ethics. Central topics will include questions regarding love and justice, sin and repentance, respect for the human body, and the relationship between ethics and law. We will examine how understandings of Jewish ethics have been shaped by modernity, giving special attention to American Judaism; and we will consider how classical Jewish sources might speak to a range of contemporary moral and political issues.

Credits

4 sh

Course Types

Advanced Studies; Jewish Studies Elective; Classical Studies Elective

Previous Course Number

REL 382

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