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The Religious Triangle: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Dispute, Dialogue and Envy
JEWISHST 213

Jointly Offered with: Harvard Divinity School as HDS 1806

Course Information

Description

This course will examine how these three religions imagine themselves in relation to the other two. We’ll read strategies of disputation as well as dialogue, theological argumentation as well as implicit adoption of each other’s symbols, customs and fantasies, and consider the role of envy, both holy and vengeful. 

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Seminar
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 17, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution N/A
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students