THE CHURCH AND THE JEWS FALL 2017

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1 THE CHURCH AND THE JEWS FALL 2017 HIS 362G, EUS 346, JS 364, RS 357 MWF 9-10 am, PARLIN 1 Prof. Miriam Bodian This course will examine the complex relationship between the Western Church and the Jews over the course of two millenia. We will analyze ideas about Jews as they were expressed in both elite and popular culture, from theological works and canon law to church art and popular preaching. We will especially try to understand how changing conditions of life in the Christian West gave rise to striking changes in attitudes and policies toward Jews - changes whose justification required a rethinking of Christian theology. Required: Revised Standard Version of the Bible (any edition). Accessible online. We will make use of a website designed specifically for this course by the instructor: It includes many of the readings. Other assigned readings will be posted on Canvas. Grading: Class attendance and participation (10%), two quizzes (20%), two 1-3 pp. assignments (20%), mid-term exam (20%), final exam (30%). Plus and minus grades will be used. 1) Aug. 30 Introduction. John Gager, The Origins of Antisemitism, 3-5 (to be distributed, and posted on Canvas) 2) Sept. 1 The Early Followers of Jesus in the Jewish World Source: Book of Matthew (Revised Standard Version preferred). 3) Sept. 4 Book of Matthew Close reading and discussion. 4) Sept. 6 Paul and the Separation of the Church from Judaism (1) 1

2 Source: Letter to the Romans (Revised Standard Version preferred). 5) Sept. 8 Paul and the Separation of the Church from Judaism (2) 6) Sept. 11 Sealing the Separation: The Church Fathers (1) Rosemary Ruether, The Adversus Judaeos Tradition in the Church Fathers: The Exegesis of Christian Anti-Judaism, in Jeremy Cohen, ed., Essential Papers on Judaism and Christianity in Conflict, ) Sept. 13 Sealing the Separation: The Church Fathers (2) Sources: John Crysostom, Homilies Against the Jews, Homily 1; Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms, Psalm 59 (Website). 8) Sept. 15 Church and Empire Source: Jews and the Later Roman Law CE (Website). 9) Sept. 18 Jews in Early Medieval Christendom Charter of Bishop of Speyer (on website). 10) Sept. 20 Turning Point: The Anti-Jewish Violence of the First Crusade (1) Source: Fulcher of Chartres Report of Pope Urban II s Preaching of the Crusade at Clermont, 1095 (Canvas). SEPT. 22 NO CLASS 11) Sept. 25 Turning Point: The Anti-Jewish Violence of the First Crusade (2) Source: Chronicle of Solomon bar Samson (Website). 12) Sept The Papacy at the Height of its Power - Thirteenth Century (1) Source: Pope Innocent III, Constitution of the Jews, 1199 (website). 13) Sept. 29 The Papacy at the Height of its Power (2) 2

3 Sources: Innocent III to the king of France (Canvas). 14) Oct. 2 Dominicans and Franciscans: The New Urban Context 15) Oct. 4 Christians Discover the Talmud: A New Target Robert Chazan, The Trial of the Talmud, Paris 1240, 1-31 (Canvas). 16) Oct. 6 The Disputation of Barcelona Robert Chazan, The Barcelona Disputation of 1263: Christian Missionizing and Jewish Response, Speculum 52 (1977), (Canvas). Source: Latin and Hebrew protocols (Canvas). 17) Oct. 9 FILM: The Disputation 18) Oct Christian Images of the Jew Images on Canvas. 19) Oct. 13 Moneylending and the Jews Jacques Le Goff, Your Money or Your Life, (Canvas) 20) Oct. 16 The Merchant of Venice: The Jewish moneylender FILM: Al Pacino s merchant of Venice 21) Oct. 18 REVIEW FOR MID-TERM 22) Oct. 20 MID-TERM EXAM 23) Oct. 23 The Demonization of the Jews (1) Chaucer, The Prioress s Tale (online). 3

4 24) Oct. 25 The Demonization of the Jews (2) From Miri Rubin, Desecration of the Host: Birth of an Accusation, (Canvas). 25) Oct. 27 The Case of Spain: Forced Baptism, Inquisition, Expulsion (1) Jane Gerber, The Jews of Spain, Ch. 5. (Canvas) 26) Oct. 30 The Case of Spain (2) Lu Ann Homza, Spanish Inquisition, ix-xxviii. (Canvas) 27) Nov. 1 The Protestant Reformations and the Jews Source: Martin Luther, On the Jews and their Lies (Website). 28) Nov. 3 The Catholic Reformation and the Jews Source: Kenneth Stow, The Burning of the Talmud in 1553 (Canvas) 29) Nov. 6 - Long-term Impacts of the Reformations (1) Source: Miriam Bodian, Jews in a Divided Christendom, in R. Po-chia Hsia, ed., A Companion to the Reformation World. (Canvas). 30) Nov. 8 Long-term Impacts of the Reformation (2) Source: Eric Nelson, The Hebrew Republic, 16-22, (Canvas) 31) Nov. 10 Enlightenment and Revolution: The Church on the Defensive Pope Benedict XIV on Jews and Christians Living in Same Space, ) Nov. 13 The Catholic Church and the Jews in the Modern Period From David Kertzer, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. (Canvas) 33) Nov. 15 Modern Antisemitism and the Vatican 4

5 Reading from Civiltà Cattolica, ) Nov Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust Video: 60 Minutes segment 35) Nov. 20 The German Churches and the Holocaust Source: Doris Bergen, Twisted Cross: The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich. (Canvas) NO CLASS NOV. 22, 24 36) Nov. 27 Dejudaizing Christianity in Nazi Germany Susannah Heschel, The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany. 37) Nov. 29 Vatican II and the Reform of Church Teaching (1) Source: John O Malley, What Happened at Vatican II. (Canvas) 38) Dec. 1 Vatican II and the Reform of Church Teaching (2) Source: Vatican II documents (Website). 39) Dec. 4 - Important Developments since Vatican II (1) Source: We Remember 1998 (Canvas) 40) Dec. 6 Important Developments since Vatican II (2) 41) Dec. 8 REVIEW FOR EXAM 42) Dec. 11 FINAL EXAM 5

6 Professor Miriam Bodian Garrison 2.104A Office hours: Mon am, Wed , or by appointment Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, , Academic and personal honesty is expected in every aspect of the course. All exams and written assignments must be entirely your own work. Absence from class will be excused only in cases of serious health issues or observance of religious holidays. This course carries the Global Cultures flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one non-u.s. cultural group, past or present. 6