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Course Section Listing |
Course |
Course Title |
Term |
Credits |
Status |
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COURSE_SECTION-3-172121 |
RELC 207-1 |
Medicine, Magic, and the Body in Judaism |
Spring 2024 |
4.0 |
Open |
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Schedule: |
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Day |
Begin |
End |
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
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TR
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1105 AM
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1220 PM
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Wegmans Room 1009
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01/17/2024
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05/11/2024
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Enrollment: |
Enrolled
6
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Capacity
14
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Co-Located: |
HIST 214-1, JWST 207-1 (P), RELC 207-1 |
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Instructors: |
Andrea Gondos |
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Delivery Mode: |
In-Person |
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Description: |
Is there a uniquely Jewish approach to healthcare? In trying to answer this question, this course will thematically explore the engagement of Jews with health, illness, and medicine from the Biblical to the pre-modern period. Over the course of the semester we will look at the ways in which Jews imagined the human body and therapeutic techniques aimed at affecting its optimal wellbeing. Of particular interest to our study will be the gendered aspects of pre-modern medicine, conceptualizations of health and wellness, the relationship between the body and the soul, and the healing properties of natural substances. The course will also consider non-Jewish medical traditions and their influence on and adaptation into Jewish healing practices. The Jewish legal or halakhic dimensions of caring for the body will also be explored along with questions of folk medicine and alternative cures that at times fell outside of boundaries of Jewish normative praxis. |
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Offered: |
Fall Spring Summer |