Gender in Rabbinic Literature (HEB-0062)

Spring 2025 · HEB 0062 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Overview of the ways in which gender is used as an analytical tool in the study of rabbinic literature. Examines how rabbinic sources challenge the traditional understanding of the gender binary. Contrasts traditional historical questions about the roles of men and women in society with more contemporary approaches that view gender as socially constructed, contested, and fluid. In English. No prerequisites. No knowledge of Judaism or rabbinic literature is assumed. If taken at the 100-level: Extra assignments and class meetings in Hebrew.

Course codes: HEB-0062, HEB 0062, HEB0062, HEB-62, HEB 62, HEB62, REL-0088, REL 0088, REL0088, REL-88, REL 88, REL88, JS-0088, JS 0088, JS0088, JS-88, JS 88, JS88

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