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Undergraduate Course: Jewish Views of Jesus 3/4 (REST10015)

Course Outline
School School of Divinity College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Religious Studies Other subject area None
Course website http://www.div.ed.ac.uk/
Course description Jewish views of Jesus and Christianity from antiquity to the present day. It will also consider a range of Jewish texts, including rabbinic literature, medieval disputations, and modern theology and literature.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008) AND Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions (REST08007)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Prospectus website http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to 1) read and analyse a variety of Jewish textual genres; 2) demonstrate an understanding of Jewish history in Christian Europe over the past two thousand years; 3) outline a variety of theoretical models for analysing Jewish Christian relations; 4) articulate applications to Jewish-Christian relations drawing from postcolonial theory, feminist theory and post-structuralism.
Assessment Information
1) seminar participation (10%)
2) 2000 word research project or essay (30%)
3) degree examination (60%)
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information
Special Arrangements
Not entered
Contacts
Course organiser Prof James Cox
Tel: (0131 6)50 8942
Email: J.Cox@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary
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