2015-2016 University Catalog 
  
2015-2016 University Catalog

RELI 357 - Gender and the Body in Judaism

Credits: 3
Not Repeatable
Explores distinctively Jewish approaches to questions of gender, sexuality, and the body as described in the legal, religious, ethical, and literary material in the Jewish tradition. Topics include the “body of God,” circumcision, laws of purity, rites of passage, the synagogue, feminist theology, and masculine and feminine stereotypes.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0